Private Thomas Henry Childs

Army Number: 19721

Battalion: 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Staveley, Derbyshire and lived at South Elmsall, Yorkshire. Son of George and Kate Ann Childs, of 114, Seymour, Norbriggs, Derbyshire. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Staveley. He went to France on 28th July 1915 and was killed in action, on 3rd March 1916, in the attack near the Ypres/Commines canal.

Commemorated: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium. Panel 39 & 41

Private Thomas Henry Childs is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Staveley War Memorial, Staveley, Derbyshire.