Thomas Edward Gittens

Name Thomas Edward Gittens (Gittins)

Regiment 5th Bn.,Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Service Rank and Number Pte 2286

Military Cemetery/Memorial Helles Memorial

Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Panel 77_88

Country of Cemetery/Memorial Turkey

Medals Awarded Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals

Date and Circumstances of Death He was killed in Dardanelles 10th August 1915

Biographical Details Known Thomas was born in 1895. His parents were Thomas and Ann Gittens. We can find the family on the 1911 census at 6 Glanrafon Road Mold but Thomas Edward was not listed. His father was 67 and was a carter to and from a colliery. His mother was Ann aged 43. There was Joseph his brother aged 20 who worked underground as a labourer at a colliery. There was an 8 year old sister Mary Ellen. Thomas Edward would have been 16 but where he was we cannot say. The census form tells us that Ann had given birth to 7 children but only 3 were still alive so one is unaccounted for on the form presumably, Thomas Edward.
The Flintshire Roll of Honour card states 6 Glanrafon Road as the address and it is signed by Joseph Gittens - his brother.