Ref ID: 3067
Name
Thomas Maxwell.
Description
Belfast Telegraph Newspaper Photograph of Rifleman Thomas Maxwell.
Life Story
Name: Thomas Maxwell.
Service Number: 15572.
Rank: Rifleman.
Battalion: 2nd Battalion.
Regiment: Royal Irish Rifles.
Born: Belfast.
Died: 6th September 1918.
Address: 32 Crosby Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
.
Thomas Maxwell lived with his sisters, Maggie and Cissie, brothers David and John, at 32 Crosby Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
.
Thomas joined the Royal Irish Rifles.
He was posted as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France on the 5th of October 1915.
Thomas was a Rifleman in the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when he was Killed In Action on the 6th of September 1918
.
A local newspaper states.
Maxwell - Mr David Maxwell 32 Crosby Street, Belfast, has received official notification that his brother, Rifleman Thomas Maxwell R.I.R was killed in action on the 6th ult
.
Thomas Soldiers Effects were left to his sister Margaret.
A Pension Application Form shows Margaret as claimant.
A Dependant Pension Application Form shows Margaret as claimant also
.
Thomas received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914-1915 Star
.
He is Remembered at Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium.
To Remember Is To Honour
.
Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
0
Classification
Newspaper,
Photograph,
Photograph
