Thomas [Joseph]

[Listed as Thomas James ANDREWS on SDGW] Private 18858,  6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.  Died of wounds at home Tuesday 8 May 1917.  Born Steeple Claydon, Bucks.  Lived Westoning. Enlisted Bedford.  Baptised 29 March 1890 in Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire, son of John and Martha Ann Andrews, resident Vicarage Lane, Steeple Claydon. Brother of Andrew george Andrews (above). In the 1891 census he was under 1 years of age, born Steeple Claydon, Buckinghmahsire. son of John and Marha Andrews, resident Vicarage Lane, Steeple Claydon, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire. Buried 12 May 1917 in Westoning (St. Mary Magdalene) Church Cemetery, Bedfordshire. See also Westoning

Extract from Bedfordshire Times and Independent - Friday 11 May 1917, page 2:

WESTONING

Pte. Thomas Joseph Andrews, Bedford Regt., third son of Mr. John Andrews, wounded in the left foot by gunshot, died suddenly on Tuesday morning at Wharncliffe Hospital, Sheffield. He was one of the first Westoning men to volunteer,was trained in Ampthill Park, and had seen two years service in France. He was wounded by a shell in August, 1916. It is expected that his funeral will take place on Saturday with military honours, at Westoning church. He is the second son to fall.