Thomas – Creasey [Creasy] – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 09/11/1914
Title
Thomas – Creasey [Creasy] – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 09/11/1914
Initials / forenames
Thomas
Surname
Creasey [Creasy]
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion [2nd Yorkshire Regiment]
Military rank
Private
Military number
8713
Railway department
Creosoting Works, Ponders End
Railway job
Labourer
Date died
09/11/1914
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway staff magazine: 1915/April/ Supplement 1
Memorial
Messines Ridge British Cemetery
Notes
Joined GER March 1914, reservist, wounded and taken prisoner, died in Germany leaving wife and one child. [The memorial details suggest that he died of wounds in German hands but not in Germany itself]
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919
Citation
“Thomas – Creasey [Creasy] – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 09/11/1914,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/58249.