Loftus. Thomas

Was born in Hoyland, the husband of Annie Loftus, he enlisted at Barnsley and was killed in action on the 18th October, 1914, while serving on the Western Front.

Newspaper Remembrance,

November 1914 Barnsley Independent newspaper,

Mrs. Loftus, of Victoria street, Hoyland, has
received a wire from the War Office stating that
her husband, Private Thomas Loftus, of
the K.O.Y.L.I., has been killed in action.
Deceased, who was 32 years of age, was a
Reservist, and when the war broke out, was
within two days of the expiration of his time.

Newspaper article sent by Neil York

Thomas Loftus's grave,

London Cemetery and Extension,
Longueval, Somme, France.

Picture by Neil York

Thomas Loftus's name,
Le Touret Memorial,
to the missing in France.

Picture by Neil York

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