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Mealbank Boy of 19
Skelsmergh Men
Thomas Richard Major was born on 4 February 1899 and lived at 1 Mealbank in Skelsmergh, Cumbria.
He went to Mealbank school leaving at the age of 14 in 1913. His parents, George and Mary Jane Major and his elder sister Hilda all worked at the Braithwaites woollen mill at Mealbank and it is likely that Thomas briefly did the same.
He enlisted at Carlisle and joined the 9th Royal Welch F…
Contributors
- Anthony Cousins
Subject
- World War I
- Thomas Richard Major
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Contributors
- Anthony Cousins
Subject
- World War I
- Thomas Richard Major
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Providing institution
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Creation date
- 2015-04-25 20:56:00 UTC
- 2015-04-25
- 2015-04-25
Places
- Western Front
- Near Arras
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 19803
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/19803
Language
- Deutsch
- English
- eng
- deu
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:29:34.180Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z