Ernest Richard THOMAS
Born
16 May 1891 12.15am at 7 Grundell Tce, Hilderthorpe (Bridlington), East Riding, Yorkshire, England
Birth Registered
22 June 1891
Parents
George Speck THOMAS and Emma SHARP
Twin
Ethel Mary THOMAS
Note
1901 Living with Uncle and Aunt Edwin and Amelia THOMPSON (nee THOMAS)
Occupation
1911 House Painter and Decorator
1918 Decorator, Sign Writer and Gilder
1976 Painter and Decorator
Military Service
Between 1914 – 1918 Served in the Royal Artillery World War I. Gassed but survived. Invalided out of the R.A. but completed his War service in a Costal Defence Battery in England. During World War II he volunteered as a civilian Air Raid Warden officially called A.R.P.’s. Demobed 23 July 1919, Released 15 January 1947
Military Service Number
4 November 1914 Enlisted. Regtl. No. 382498. Rank. Gunner. Unit and Regiment or Corps 221 Siege Battery from which Royal Garrison Artillery. Discharged
Married
Ethel May ANDREW on 17 September 1914, Primative Methodist Chapel, Great Thornton Street, Hull, East Yorkshire, England
About Ethel May ANDREW
Born: About 1893
Died: 4 April 1957
Children
Kenneth Andrew THOMAS
Wilfred Herbert THOMAS
Norman Ernest THOMAS
Harold Gordon THOMAS
Audrey THOMAS
Joyce Mary THOMAS
Resided
1976 at 136 Hull road, Nottingham, Hull, Yorkshire, England
Died
17 June 1976 Hull, Yorkshire, England
Cause of Death
Carcinomatosis, Carcinoma ascending Colon
Headstone
1976, Hull Northern Cemetery, Grave Space 17. Compartment 149
