Thomas Albert Schofield
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Thomas Albert Schofield was born in 1896 at Nottingham, he was the son Thomas Geeson Schofield a coal miner hewer and Annie Marie Schofield née Mokes and the brother of Annie Lizzie, Mabel, Beatrice Louisa, Olive May, Grace Mary, Percy Baden Powell, Ethel Eva, Inez Hilda and Harold Clifford Schofield. Thomas was born in 1868 at Somercotes, Derbyshire, Annie Marie Mokes was born in 1868 at Nottingham, they were married in 1886 at Nottingham, they went on to have 11 children, sadly 1 died in infancy or early childhood. In the 1911 census the family lived at 9 Barnsley Terrace Glapton Road Meadows Nottingham Thomas 43 yrs is a coal miner hewer, he is living with his wife Annie Marie 43 yrs and their children including Thomas Albert 15 yrs.
Private Thomas Albert Schofield, enlisted in Nottingham and served with the 10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, he was killed in action on 9th September 1918. He is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial.
In memoriam published 9th September 1919 in the Nottingham Evening Post :- “SCHOFIELD. – In loving memory of our dear son, Pte. Albert Schofield, presumed killed September 9th, 1918, aged 22. Some day we shall understand why he was lent. – From mother, father, Ethel, Hilda and [?].” Above is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1014-1918
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