Son of William and Alice Ann Wolstencroft, of 21, Rake Lane, Clifton, Lancashire. Formerly employed on the clerical staff of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company at Oldham Road, Manchester. Enlisted October 1916. Formerly 2nd/6th Bn., King’s Liverpool Regiment. Reported missing from 30/11/1917 and subsequently reported as having died of wounds on 19/12/1917 aged 19 years whilst prisoner of war in Germany.
Wolstencroft, Thomas Norris –
Personal details
- Surname: Wolstencroft
- Forename: Thomas Norris
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Clifton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Clifton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 19
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: December 19th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 12th (Service) Battalion.
- Service number: 243743
- Regiment: King's Liverpool Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bury, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Clifton (Swinton) WWI War Memorial - Clifton
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company WWI Memorial at Victoria Station Manchester - and also WWI Roll of Honour Book
- CWGC Memorial: St. Aubert British Cemetery, Nord, France
- CWGC reference: III. A. 39.
Local newspaper entries
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 01/03/1918 08/03/1918