18380 Private Thomas Straughan of the 11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was killed in action on the 24th November 1916. He was the son of Mrs M H Straughan of 3, The Leazes, Throckley, Newburn in Northumberland.
Thomas was born in Tynedock, County Durham, and he enlisted at Newcastle. His number indicates that he joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in December 1914 but he certainly didn't go overseas until 1916. He is buried in Pond Farm Cemetery, south west of Ypres.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War
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