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Thomas Edward Watkins

Thomas was born in 1889 in Newchurch in Rossendale.¹

Birth Notes
- 21 in 1911
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1889
  WATKINS Thomas Edward DRAINE Newchurch Preston NEW/83/87

Thomas' father was Alfred James Watkins and his mother was Sarah Ann Drain. His paternal grandparents were <unknown> and Sarah Watkins; his maternal grandparents were John Draine and Winifred Astley. He had two brothers and four sisters, named John, Robert, Sarah, Elizabeth, Rose and Bertha. He was the third oldest of the seven children. He died as a war casualty, Killed in Action, at the age of 27 on July 22nd, 1916.

Death Notes
- Listed as killed in naction
  Rawtenstall Cemetery - Municipal War Memorial

General Notes
- Thomas Edward Watkins was in the British Army during WW1. He was in the Royal Field Artillery, Service No. 40799. He was killed in action.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Alfred James Watkins
  - b.Mar 1861 in Newchurch in Rossendale d.Dec 1902 in Haslingden
  
  Sarah Watkins
  
  Thomas Edward Watkins
  - b.1889 in Newchurch in Rossendale d.22 Jul 1916
  
  John Draine
  
  John Draine
  - b.1801 in Bolton d.Sep 1877 in Haslingden
  
  Sarah Ann Drain
  - b.27 Apr 1865 in Accrington d.1941
  
  Winifred Astley
  - b.1821 in Manchester d.1895

¹ 1901 UK Census