LITT, T M Rank: Private Service No: 1693 Date of Death: 11/07/1915 Age: 30 Regiment/Service: Border Regiment 5th Bn. Grave Reference: 213. 8. 27. (Screen Wall.). Cemetery: KENSAL GREEN (ALL SOULS') CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Jonathan and Agnes Litt, of Dearham; husband of Elizabeth Litt, of Row Brow, Dearham, Cumberland.
British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 Name: Thomas M Litt Regiment or Corps: Border Regiment Regimental Number: 1693 UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Name: Thomas Maxwell Litt Birth Place: Dearham, Maryport, Cumberland Death Date: 12 Jul 1915 Death Place: Home Enlistment Place: Workington, Cumberland Rank: Private Regiment: Border Regiment Battalion: 5th Battalion Regimental Number: 1693 Type of Casualty: Died of wounds Theatre of War: Home TD
Thomas died on the 11th July 1915 at St.Elizabeth Hospital, St,John's Wood London. From wounds received at Ypres while doing his duty as a stretcher bearer and was interred at Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery on the Wednesday 14th July 1915.
According to the village war memorial where this chap comes from (Dearham, Cumbria) his full name was: Thomas Maxwell Litt . The same war memorial actually lists him as 'Killed in Action' rather than 'Died of wounds' (see attached photographs).
