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Second Lieutenant Thomas Hedworth Hedworth
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Second Lieutenant Thomas Hedworth Hedworth

Birth
Dunston, Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England
Death
10 Oct 1918 (aged 32–33)
At Sea
Monument
Southampton, Southampton Unitary Authority, Hampshire, England Add to Map
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Second Lieutenant Thomas Hedworth Hedworth.
The Worcestershire Regiment.
1st Garrison Battalion.

Birth.
The birth of Thomas Hedworth Hedworth was registered in Gateshead district, Co. Durham, in the quarter ended September 1885.

The Battalion was formed at Portsmouth in January 1916, and later transferred to the Isle of Wight. In June 1918, it was sent to Dublin.

Other members of the Worcestershire Regiment on board were
Private William Henry Colwill
Private Charles John Evans
Private George Hyett
Second Lieutenant Thomas Hedworth Hedworth
There were 2 survivors
Private A. Yates
Corporal M. Jones
It is probable that they were going home on leave.

He was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His body was not recovered.

His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
Second Lieutenant Thomas Hedworth Hedworth.
The Worcestershire Regiment.
1st Garrison Battalion.

Birth.
The birth of Thomas Hedworth Hedworth was registered in Gateshead district, Co. Durham, in the quarter ended September 1885.

The Battalion was formed at Portsmouth in January 1916, and later transferred to the Isle of Wight. In June 1918, it was sent to Dublin.

Other members of the Worcestershire Regiment on board were
Private William Henry Colwill
Private Charles John Evans
Private George Hyett
Second Lieutenant Thomas Hedworth Hedworth
There were 2 survivors
Private A. Yates
Corporal M. Jones
It is probable that they were going home on leave.

He was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His body was not recovered.

His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H

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