Son of John and Sarah Ellen Lever, of 7, Cannon Street, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Grammar School (1909-1912). Previously worked for the London and North Western Railway Company as a Clerk at Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted September 1914. Emmanuel Church and School. Killed by gunshot to the head.
Lever, Thomas Welsby –
Personal details
- Surname: Lever
- Forename: Thomas Welsby
- Date of birth: February 15th, 1897
- Birth place: Not known
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 18
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: September 18th, 1915
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: 2609
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Grammar School - Bolton School
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- London and North Western Railway Company WWI Roll of Honour Book
- Loyal North Lanacashire Regiment - 5th Battalion (Territorials) Memorial (Queen's Park) - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: X Farm Cemetery, La Chapelle-d'Armentieres, Nord, France
- CWGC reference: B. 1.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/12/1914 24/09/1915 24/09/1915 19/11/1915 25/08/1916 25/08/1916
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7c 5h 6c* 10e* 7d/g 8f*
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 24/09/1915