Thomas Fairclough

Memorial: Thornbury & District Museum: 6th Maritime Regiment Memorial

Regiment: 6th Maritime Regiment

Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945

Rank and number: Gunner

Parents: William and Mary Fairclough

Home address: 265 City Road, St. Helen's, Lancashire

Pre-war occupation: Glass Worker

Date of birth: 14/03/1910

Date of death: 13/08/1942

Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea and commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial and the Maritime Memorial Thornbury

Age: 32

Further information:

Thomas signed up to the Royal Artillery in 1938 and was called up in 1940. He died at sea, killed in action, but the circumstances of his death are not known.

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.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/