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29/08/2016 Family: Martha Bolton, Samuel Bolton, Robert William Bolton (born 17th April 1884), John Bolton (born 24th October 1885, Samuel Stewart Bolton (born 7th July 1887), Hugh H Bolton (born 21st January 1889), Thomas Bolton (born 4th March 1891), Martha Jane Bolton (born 6th November 1892), David Bolton (born 2nd February 1895).
29/08/2016 Boveedy L.O.L. 175. A vote of condolence was passed to the relatives of Lance Corporal Thomas Bolton, formerly a member of this lodge.
29/08/2016 Private Thomas Bolton is commemorated on the WW1 Plaque in Swatragh Presbyterian Church.
29/08/2016 Thomas Bolton was born on 4th March 1891 in Lismoyle, near Swatragh, County Londonderry. He was one of at least seven children, all born in the Kilrea area.
29/08/2016 His father died when he was very young.
29/08/2016 The 1901 census lists Tommie as age 10 living with the family at house 22 in Lismoyle, Grove, County Londonderry. Thomas was still at school. His widowed mother was a dressmaker. His elder brothers were farm workers.
29/08/2016 The 1911 census does not list Thomas as living with the family at house 11 in Lismoyle, The Grove.
29/08/2016 From the Northern Constitution dated 1st September 1917:
29/08/2016 Sergeant Thomas Bolton, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, paid a visit to his home at Lismoyle. He has been wounded on two occasions.
29/08/2016 By the time Thomas had paid a visit to his home at Lismoyle in September 1917, he has been wounded on two occasions.
29/08/2016 From the Northern Constitution dated 17th September 1918:
29/08/2016 Thomas Bolton was the son of Samuel and Martha Bolton. Samuel Bolton married Martha Williamson on 29th July 1883 in the district of Coleraine.
30/12/2015 Private Thomas Bolton is now buried in Berlin South Western Cemetery.
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30/12/2015 Bolton, Tom 20417 / Private / 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers C / Captured 20th Match 1918 at St Quentin / Knie Knochenbruch, (Knee Fracture) St Du Nord / Born 21 March 1895 Kalnea, Derry. Mother, Swatragh, Derry, Ireland
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30/12/2015 Bolton, Tom. 20417 / Private / 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers C / 20th Match 1918 at St Quentin / Schussyerletzung (Bullet wound), Knie Knochenbruch, (Knee Fracture) Sains Du Nord 8 May 1918 verstorben (deceased) / Born 21 March 1895 Ralnea, Derry. Mother, Swatragh, Derry, Ireland.
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30/12/2015 Bolton Tom. Private 9th Batt Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers C Company. 23 jahres alt (23 years old) verst (worst) 8.5.1918 infolge allgem Schwache im Hilfs Lazarett Kaserne Block I zu zerbst (due to general weakness in the auxiliary hospital barracks Block I to Zerbst)
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30/12/2015 Bolton Tom. Private 9th Batt Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers C Company. Born 21 March 1895 at Kalnea? Died 8th May 1918 following knee-shot in Zerbst (Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
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30/12/2015 Thomas Bolton enlisted in Randalstown. He was still living in Lismoyle at the time.
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30/12/2015 Private Bolton died on 8th May 1918 as a result of due to general weakness in the auxiliary hospital barracks in Block I to Zerbst. Zerbst is a town in Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was reported as being 23 years old.
30/12/2015 Private Tom Bolton was serving with C Company, 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was captured by the Germans on 20th Match 1918 at St Quentin. Subsequent German P.O.W. reports note that he sustained a knee fracture due to a shot through the knee.
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