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COXHOE

Roxby, T.H., Pte., 1918

Photo: Jack Turton

In St.Mary's Churchyard is a family headstone for Roxby which includes:

Also of Thomas Henry
Beloved son of Henry and Jemima Roxby
who died 3rd November 1918
Prisoner of War in Germany
Aged 27 years.

Thomas Henry Roxby
6th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
Lived in Long Row and worked as a putter a local coal mine. Entered the theatre of war in France on 20th December 1914. Thomas became a prisoner of war and died 8 days before the Armistice, 3rd November 1918. He is buried in Terlincthun British Military Cemetery near Boulogne in France.
Information: Coxhoe Local History Group

Thomas Henry Roxby is remembered at Coxhoe on C103.01 C103.02 C103.04 and C103.08


The CWGC entry for Private Roxby

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk