Lieutenant Thomas Henry Liddon Addis. M.C.
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Aged 20
Lieutenant Thomas Henry Liddon Addis was born on 24 August 1897 to Reverend William Edward Addis and Mary Rachael Addis, formerly Hood.
Educated at Lynam's preparatory School, Oxford, and at Westminster School.
In 1915, Henry was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Confirmed, The London Gazette, 6 April 1916, p.3686.
He was for some time in Ireland and was wounded in the Easter Rising in May 1916. He went to the front in France in July 1916 and was again wounded. When in Somerville Hospital he brought teams of wounded officers to play against the Dragon School XI.
He was commissioned Lieutenant in 1917 and was due for special leave after winning the Military Cross, but remained at his post. He met his death on the battlefield at Sandbag Alley, Lempire, France, on the 21st March 1918, in his twenty-first year. He was in a dug-out with his Captain when a messenger came with a dispatch. Told where to take it, he came back almost at once with the news that the Germans were upon them. There was a fierce fight. After twenty minutes the Captain fell. Henry ran to his side, but was shot. He died, calling out to his men to keep on fighting.
Lieutenant Thomas Henry Liddon Addis. M.C.
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Aged 20
Lieutenant Thomas Henry Liddon Addis was born on 24 August 1897 to Reverend William Edward Addis and Mary Rachael Addis, formerly Hood.
Educated at Lynam's preparatory School, Oxford, and at Westminster School.
In 1915, Henry was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Confirmed, The London Gazette, 6 April 1916, p.3686.
He was for some time in Ireland and was wounded in the Easter Rising in May 1916. He went to the front in France in July 1916 and was again wounded. When in Somerville Hospital he brought teams of wounded officers to play against the Dragon School XI.
He was commissioned Lieutenant in 1917 and was due for special leave after winning the Military Cross, but remained at his post. He met his death on the battlefield at Sandbag Alley, Lempire, France, on the 21st March 1918, in his twenty-first year. He was in a dug-out with his Captain when a messenger came with a dispatch. Told where to take it, he came back almost at once with the news that the Germans were upon them. There was a fierce fight. After twenty minutes the Captain fell. Henry ran to his side, but was shot. He died, calling out to his men to keep on fighting.
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Lieutenant, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Age: 20.
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