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Thomas Addy was born in Beverley the 2 Aug 1893 and baptised at Beverley Minster the 16 Aug 1893, the son of John Addy, born in Leeds and Elizabeth (nee Wilson) who married in Beverley in 1883 and both worked as hawkers. Thomas was brought up in Beckside and Taylor’s Row, Flemingate. By 1911 Thomas was working as a jobbing gardener. His army papers state he worked for the Hodgson family as a gardener, but later worked as a horse dealer and breaker. His brothers William born 1888 was a fruiterer and John born 1892, was a shipyard labourer.
In Mar 1911 Thomas joined the East Riding of Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry, a territorial force, as a private. He was mobilised on 5 Aug 1914. He served at home until the autumn of 1915 when the Yeomanry were sent to Egypt and arrived there on 10 Nov. They were involved in desert patrols there and Thomas was twice hospitalised,with exhaustion and a knee injury. On 12 Jul 1916 he returned to the UK. He was allocated to 1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment stationed at the Curragh in Ireland. On 6 Mar 1918 he was reallocated to the 414th Labour Corps Agricultural Company based at Victoria Barracks, Beverley. In Nov 1918 he was admitted to Fulford Military Hospital in York with influenza, he contracted pneumonia and died on 20 Dec 1918. Thomas was awarded the War and Victory medals as well as the 1914-15 Star.
Thomas married Elizabeth Witty at Howden in 1918. Thomas was buried on Christmas Eve 1918 at St Martin’s Cemetery, Beverley. He is commemorated on the Hengate War Memorial and the East Riding Memorial in Beverley Minster.
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