Tom Storey
In Memoriam card 1
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In Memoriam card 3
Tyne Cot Memorial
In Lanchester Parish Churchyard is a headstone which reads:-
In
Loving Memory of
Noble Storey
Dearly beloved husband of
Hannah Storey
Of Burnhopeside Hall Farm
Who died June 13th 1924
Aged 66 years
Also Newton and Tom
Sons of the above
Killed in France 1916-1918
Also Hannah
Beloved wife of the above
Who died February 18th 1946
Aged 85 years
Ian Murray has submitted the following:-
Newton and Tom Storey were two of eight children born to Noble and Hannah Storey. Noble, an agricultural labourer, was born at Hedley on the Hill, Hannah at Leadgate, a village nearby, while Newton and Tom were both born at Broad Oak which was a farm near Ebchester. Newton was born in 1891 and Tom was born in 1896.
Newton enlisted in Durham on 11th October 1915 while his brother, Tom, enlisted in Consett just nineteen days later on 30th October. Tom served with the 17th Battalion of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. On the 5th October 1916 he suffered a gun-shot wound to his right knee. He was treated at a Field Ambulance Station on the 8th October and sent to a Casualty Clearing Station three days later. He was transferred back to England on the Hospital Ship 'Asturias'. He was admitted to the Scottish General Hospital in Glasgow on 13th October and discharged on the 23rd. In 1917, Tom spent some time convalescing at a Command Post in Ireland before being posted again to France, taking the same route as his brother: Southampton to Le Havre; landing on 5th June.
On the 9th February 1918 Tom was confirmed in the rank of Corporal. However, on 26th April he was killed in action near Ypres and, like his brother, Newton, has no known grave. Tom is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Awards: British War Medal; Victory Medal.
Acknowledgements: Lynne Bean
Tom Storey is remembered at Lanchester on L62.01, L62.02 and L62.04
