Timothy Scull
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 40728
Parents: Samuel and Elizabeth Scull, stepfather Albert Thomas
Home address: 49 Moravian Road, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Boot Finisher
Date of birth: 1894
Place of birth: Kingswood, Bristol
Date of death: 04/10/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site but commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age: 22
Further information:
Timothy was born and raised in Kingswood, the youngest child of five with three older sisters and an older brother. Timothy's father died when Timothy was 18 months old and his mother married Albert Thomas ten years later in 1906.
Timothy enlisted in 1914 and served with the 9th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. His regiment was mobilised to France in September 1915 where they fought in various battles on the Western Front. Timothy was killed in action on the last day of the German counter attack in the Third Battle of Ypres. The Third Battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele lasted from 31 July – 10 November 1917 and the number of allied casualties was thought to be in excess of 400,000.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/