Taylor, Thomas Henry

Thomas was born in the second half of 1872 to Thomas and Annie Taylor who lived in Stratford upon Avon. He was baptised there on 29th September 1872

In 1881 Thomas and his parents were living at 40 Brook Street, Warwick, which was The Leycester Arms inn. By this time there were three further children, Louisa (7), Frederick (6) and Frances (3). There was also a live-in servant, Sarah Wright.

In 1891 the family were still at Brook Street and the three older children were now in employment: Thomas Jnr, now aged 18, was a wood carver, Louisa was a dressmaker and Frederick was a cabinet maker.

By the 1901 census only Thomas’s siblings were still living at Brook Street with their parents. Frederick was now working as a joiner/carpenter on his own account and Frances was a schoolteacher. No 1901 census record of Thomas Henry has been found. As the newspaper article below says that he had been in the army for many years, perhaps he was already serving overseas. No record of a marriage has been found although the newspaper article refers to Thomas’ wife and his Shrine Application was completed by his mother Annie

Thomas Snr died on 30th November 1904 and his mother Annie died on 22nd December 1918.