LOAM G H

LOAM, Gilbert Henry

Regiment: 15 Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Rank: Private

Number: 929

Died: 30 August 1916

Aged:

Buried/Memorial: Thiepval Memorial

Address: 24 Clare Avenue, Hoole

Cheshire Observer 23 September 1916

KILLED IN ACTION

“LOAM Killed in action, on August 30th Pte Gilbert Henry (Harry) Loam second son of the late James Gilbert and Mrs Loam of 24 Clare Avenue Hoole Chester.”

The 1901 Census shows Gilbert as a 13-year-old living at 24 Clare Avenue with his father James, mother Elizabeth, sister Maggie and brother James jnr. In 1911 he is lodging in Birmingham where he worked as an assistant clothier.