Soldier

• Name: Thomas Atkinson Wakefield
• Date of birth: 1893
• Place of Birth: Haconby, Lincolnshire, England
• Date of Birth registration: July – September 1893
• Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

Father

• Name: William Wakefield
• DOB: Haconby, Lincolnshire, England
• Place of Birth: 1855
• Occupation: Publican

Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

• Mabel Wakefield, 1886, Haconby
  Emily Wakefieldl, 1887, Haconby
  Edith Wakefield, 1889, Haconby
  William Wakefield, 1890, Haconby
  Gertrude Wakefield, 1892, Haconby
  Thomas Atkinson Wakefield, 1893, Haconby
  Edward Wakefield, 1896, Haconby
  Elizabeth Wakefield, 1897, Haconby

Census

• 1901: Thomas is living with his parents in Haconby, Lincolnshire.
• 1911: Thomas is living in Folkingham with the Woodward Family as a Boarder. The census gives him an age of 17 and he is listed as a Horse man on farm.

Attestation Papers

• None found

Soldier’s Died In The Great War

• These records show that Lance Corporal Thomas Wakefield, 15486, 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards was killed in action on 31st July 1917 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.

Pension Records

• None found

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