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Fatherless Boy

Thomas Grange Cragg was born in Liverpool in 1892 and was probably brought up by his uncle and aunt at Bridge End farm in Longsleddale. When he was 19 he was working as a farm labourer in Nether Levens. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and was transferred to the 10th Battalion Hampshire Regiment. The Hampshires were part of a multinational force fighting the Bulgarians in Northern Greece. Tom was one of 35 men from the regiment killed in the attack at Roche Noire near Salonika during the first two days of September 1918. He was 26 and was buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery. Tom’s mother, Alice Cragg, was a dressmaker and milliner from Longsleddale who travelled widely for work. She gave birth to Tom at her brother in law’s Liverpool house and was unmarried. Tom’s father is unknown. Tom is probably commemorated in Skelsmergh because his uncle and aunt, Leonard and Grace Cragg had moved from Longsleddale to Stocks Farm in Scalthwaiterigg before the war.

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Anthony Cousins

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Europeana 1914-1918

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Europe

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Anthony Cousins | europeana19141918:agent/bfa02990fb1fc2137d346983761808b6
Thomas Grange Cragg | europeana19141918:agent/fb0c71b6ad02c8bbe96773d1c76c5b79

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2019-09-11T08:09:09.269Z
2020-02-25T08:04:00.730Z
2020-02-25T08:04:00.731Z
2015-04-25 20:43:59 UTC

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