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Pte. Thomas William McVittie
British Army Royal Army Medical Corps
Thomas William McVittie served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He is remembered at St. Paul's Church but no year of death is given. The medal card provides no information other than the award of the 1915 Star with a reference to Egypt, but no mention of any entitlement to War or Victory medals which is rather strange.
Provided this is the correct person there is a death entry in the Quarter April to June 1921 for a Thomas W McVittie ref volume 10a page 1165. It would take an inspection of the death certificate to establish firm identity and cause of death. Thomas was born in Hebburn 1892, son of Robert and Elizabeth McVittie nee Jardine of Hebburn. In the 1911 census the family is living at 45 Edmund Street, Hebburn with Robert(69) a shipyard labourer and his wife of 26 years Elizabeth(45) who had 11 children, 10 of whom survived and 7 are still living at this address. Albert Edward(24) a dock labourer, Donald(22) a cart man, Thomas Willie(19) minding stationary engine - coal mining, Isabella(16) a servant, Elizabeth(12)and Margaret(6) at school. Ethel is 3 years old.
