Thomas McCabe (c.1880-1916)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- McCABE, THOMAS. Private. No 5632. 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Son of Tom and Kate McCabe of Burnley: husband of Rose McCabe, 23 Albion Street, Huddersfield. Worked as a licensed hawker in Huddersfield. Enlisted 1.9.1914. Died of wounds in a Manchester hospital on 1.11.1916 of shell wounds to the forehead, received in France on 24.5.1915, aged 35 years. Buried ST. JOSEPH'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY, MOSTON, MANCHESTER. Grave location:- Soldier's Plot 168 (Screen Wall).
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private THOMAS McCABE
- regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers
- died: Saturday, January 1, 1916
- age: 35 years
- record ID: 372520
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #372520)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #2747207)