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Pte. Thomas Franklin
British Army 3rd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Jarrow
(d.26th April 1916)
Thomas Franklin, enlisted at Jarrow and served with the 3rd Battalion Durham Light Infantry. He died age 39 on the 26th April 1916. He is remembered on the Triptych in St. Paul’s Church Jarrow and is buried in Jarrow Cemetery.
Thomas was born in Newcastle 1877. He was married to Eleanor Nicholson (formerly Franklin nee Mullen) of 16 Spencer Street Jarrow.
In the 1911 census, Thomas Franklin age 36 widower, Shipyard Labourer, is living with his 2 children at 6 Commercial Road.