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215389 Pte. Thomas Edwin Petherick British Army 9th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment from:Jarrow (d.14th Sep 1916) Thomas etherick enlisted at Jarrow and served in the 9th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed in action on the 14th September 1916. He is remembered at St. Paul's Church and is buried in Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuile. Thomas' Medal Card shows him to have been killed in action and awarded the 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals. Thomas was born in Maryport, Cumbria 1897 and was the son of Bessie Petherick of Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family lived at 1 Stephen Street, Jarrow with his widowed mother Bessie (35) a charwoman having 3 sons and 1 daughter. Ernest (17) is an apprentice mechanical engineer at a local paper mill, his brother Thomas and sister Emma are 13 year old twins (at school) and the youngest son William Harry is 10 years old. Several other family relatives are also recorded at this address. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put the first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**