THOMAS HARRY BANTICK
Laid to rest at the Field of Honour
Known as WALTER BANTICK in war records.
Born: 1888, Ardleigh, Essex.
Baptised on the 12th December 1888, at St. John the Evangelist Church, Colchester, Essex.
Died: 10:15 p.m., 19th November 1918; age: 30; died of Pneumonia following Influenza, whilst on leave from France, at Ipswich Military Hospital, Ranelagh Road, Ipswich. Served 2 years & 354 days.
Residence: Old Cattle Market, Ipswich.
Occupation: Electrical Traction Engine Driver.
Enlistment Details: Location: Ipswich; Date: 1st December 1915; age: 27; religion: CofE. Signed up for the duration of the war. Next of Kin: eldest sister – Mrs. Nellie Alden, of Red House, St Osyth Road, Clacton, Essex and friend: Mrs. W. Jarritt, The Plough Inn, 2, Dogs Head Street, Old Cattle Market, Ipswich. Height: 5ft 7 1/4ins.
Trade: Skilled Engine Driver – field.
Service:
Home: 1st December 1915 – 11th August 1916.
France: 12th August 1916 – November 1918.
14 days’ leave to England – 7th November 1918.
Admitted to Military Hospital, Ipswich – 15th November 1918.
Rank: Sapper; Service Number: 145831.
Regiment: Royal Engineers, 5th Army Troops Corps.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Funeral service and burial held on the 25th November.
Grave Reference:
BA.IA.2.
Ipswich.
CENSUS
1891 Crown Lane, Ardleigh, Essex.
Harry was 2 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Charles Bantick, 38, an Agricultural Labourer, born Ardleigh.
Emma Bantick (nee Chilver), 40, a Tailoress, born Ardleigh.
Maud Kate Bantick, 10, born Langham, Essex.
William Edward Bantick, 7, born Myland, Essex.
Herbert Walter Bantick, 4, born Ardleigh.
1901 Harwich Road, Ardleigh, Essex.
Thomas was 12 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Charles, 50, an Agricultural Houseman – Farm.
Emma, 49.
Maud, 20.
William, 17, an Agricultural Labourer.
Herbert, 14.
Golden Bertie Bantick, 5, born Ardleigh.
1911 ‘Ferndale’ Old Road, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex.
Walter Thomas was 22 years old, a Traction Engine Driver for a Public Works Contractor. He was a boarder at the Boarding House of 34 year old, Emily Agnes Grant.
Thomas’s mother, Emma Bantick, died in March 1912, Colchester, Essex and was buried on the 26th March after a funeral service held at St. John the Evangelist Church, Colchester.
His father, Charles Bantick, died 1913, Ardleigh, Essex.
Soldiers’ Effects to Ellen L. Alden, Agnes Day, William Bantick, Herbert Bantick, Maud K. Upton, Lily Rudge, and Golden B. Bantick – siblings.
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