| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 5/7/1915 to 29/7/1917. He was born in Leigh, enlisted in Wigan and resided in Pemberton, 29/7/1917 Killed in Action. Inscription on gravestone: Greater love hath no man than this he gave his life that we might live.
Info from Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929. 29/7/1917 Killed in Action. 22/2/1918 his father Elijah received £23-05-11 and 10/12/1919 a further £10 war gratuity.
Info from pension card: Thomas Prescott, MFP, P/1606, A/Cpl, KIA 29/7/17, Single. Claimant Elijah Prescott, 4 Worth Street, Wallgate, Wigan. Father Elijah Prescott who was awarded 8/- a week for life starting 26/2/1918.
Thomas Prescott.
Extract from the Wigan Observer and District Advertiser 1 September 1917. LOCAL WAR LOSS, KILLED.
Military Foot Police - Prescott, 1606, A/Cpl, (Wigan)
Extract from the Wigan Observer and District Advertiser 30 August 1917.
Local War Losses. Killed - Prescott, 1606, L/Cpl, T, (Wigan).
Extract from the Wigan Observer and District Advertiser, 20/8/1917. LOCAL WAR LOSSES. KILLED.
MILITARY FOOT POLICE. Prescott. 1506 (1606) A/Cpl. T (Wigan.) |
