First name(s) THOMAS EDWARD Last name CHAMPION Birth year 1896 Birth quarter 2 Registration month - Mother's last name - District Wandsworth County London Country England Volume 1D Page 547
Education:
on April 23, 1900 Stafford Street School, Wandsworth, London.
Poor Law records.
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Resident in the year 1901: 7 Stockdale Road, Battersea, London.Source 1
Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 445; Folio: 52; Page: 7. Census Transcript Household London 1901 Address 7 Stockdale Road Parish Battersea Registration District Wandsworth Image Reference RG13/0445/F? Found 7 Results. Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
Frederick Champion 48 1853 Widower Battersea, London Brick Layer Rose Ellen Champion 20 1881 Daughter Battersea, London Laundress Wash Annie Emily Champion 18 1883 Daughter Battersea, London Elizabeth Champion 16 1885 Daughter Battersea, London Servant Domestic Margaret Champion 14 1887 Daughter Battersea, London Thomas Edward Champion 5 1896 Son Battersea, London Sidney Frances Gilbert 23 1878 Visitor Hampshire Carman
He died on October 31, 1917 in Palestine, Egypt, he was 21 years old.
First name(s) Thomas Edward Last name Champion Service number G/21291 Rank Private Regiment Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Battalion 10th Battalion. Birth place Battersea, Surrey Residence Clapham, Surrey Enlistment place Battersea, Surrey Death year 1917 Death day 31 Death month 10 Cause of death Died of wounds Death place Palestine Theatre of war Egyptian Theatre Supplementary Notes - Category Military, armed forces & conflict
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Day of death October 31, 1917
The temperature on October 31, 1917 was between 3.6 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
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