Completed Thomas Berrow

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Private 13048 Thomas Berrow
Abt 1892 - 10/7/1916 (22)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.php/berrow-thomas

Dob Abt 1892 West Bromwich

Parents Joseph Berrow & Eliza Ball

Parents Marriage 5/12/1880
Staffordshire West Bromwich St James (Hill Top)
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 181
Marriage date 05 Dec 1880
Groom forename Joseph
Groom surname BERROW
Groom age 26
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Moulder
Groom abode West Bromwich
Bride forename Eliza
Bride surname BALL
Bride age 23
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode West Bromwich
Groom father forename James
Groom father surname BERROW
Groom father occupation Moulder
Bride father forename Joshua
Bride father surname BALL
Bride father occupation Glass worker
Witness1 Thomas PRICE
Witness2 Emily PRICE
Notes Neither banns nor licence is specified, nor is a minister's name recorded

1901 75 New St West Bromwich
Joseph Berrow 45 Head Nail ?
Eliza Berrow 43 Wife Oldbury
Joseph Berrow 15 Son Labourer Ironworks
Thomas Berrow 8 Son
Daisy Berrow 6 Daughter
John Berrow 3 Son
All others born West Bromwich

1911 17 Brick House Lane, West Bromwich
Joseph Berrow 55 Head Iron Foundry Moulder
Eliza Berrow 53 Wife
Joseph Berrow 25 Son Iron foundry Moulder
Thomas Berrow 18 Son Ironfoundry Moulder
Daisy Berrow 16 Daughter
Jack Berrow 13 Son

WW1 Records
WW1 Records
Private 13048 Thomas Berrow
Killed in Action on Monday, 10th July 1916, age 23.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 7 B of Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
8th Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment. 51st Brigade of 17th Division.
Son of Joseph and Eliza Berrow, of 17, Brickhouse Lane, Great Bridge, Tipton, Staffs.
First landed France & Flanders, 14th July 1915.
Medal entitlement: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.

Dod 10/7/1916 (22) KIA France

Burial Private 13048 Thomas Berrow has no known grave

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find- ... as-berrow/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123 ... mas-berrow

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
Thiepval, Département de la Somme, Picardie, France
Plot. Pier and Face 7 B.
Memorial ID 12366888
Cant find Thomas Berrow remembered on any Tipton memorial although Parents address states Tipton on WW1 Records.
He Is Remembered on Saint Paul’s Church, Golds Hill.
https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/266 ... ls/page/2/

Any other info
West Bromwich News 16th September 1916
GREAT BRIDGE MAN KILLED IN ACTION.
PRIVATE THOMAS BERROW.
Mrs. Berrow, of 17 Brickhouse Lane, Great Bridge, has received official intimation that her son, Private Thomas Berrow, of the 8th South Staffs, has been killed in action on 10th July. He was a single man, and 25 years of age (editor: actually 23), and he enlisted on September 6th 1914, and was sent to France on July 14th of the following year. He worked before the war at the Aluminium Works at Villa Cross.

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I contacted Tipton Remembers website owner Andy Johnson. He's going to add Thomas Berrow in due course.

He has Birth cert and confirms Thomas Berrow was born 25/12/1892

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All added & Completed

https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/brows ... =792527037

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Andy has now added Thomas Berrow to Tipton Remembers

https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.php/berrow-thomas