Tom Liversedge (1884-1918)
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:
- LIVERSEDGE, TOM. Private. No 205256. 1/5th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment. Born 31 Fitzwilliam Street, Huddersfield, 2.10.1884. Son of Hannah Liversedge, 189 Bradford Road, Huddersfield. Attended St. John's Church of England School, Birkby, and Thomas Street Council School. Employed as a checker by the London and North Western Railway Company at the goods yard, Huddersfield Station. Single. Enlisted 9.8.1917. Reported wounded and missing on 12.4.1918 and afterwards presumed to have been killed on that date. Buried CABARET ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 20, Row D, Grave 25.
- ROH:- Fartown and Birkby War Memorial; St. John's Church, Birkby; memorial in Almondbury Cemetery; London and North Western Railway Company Roll.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private TOM LIVERSEDGE
- regiment: York and Lancaster Regiment
- died: Thursday, April 11, 1918
- age: 33 years
- record ID: 586428
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #586428)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #2679992)