Tom Hiley was from Hunslet in Leeds. He married Edna Marsden, a widow (nee Earnshaw), in 1914. His daughter Irene was born on the day Tom was killed, 12th May 1917, aged about 28.
Tom was a Rifleman in the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) 2nd/7th Battalion, known as the Leeds Rifles. His name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial in northern France. Most of those commemorated were killed in the Battle of Arras which was fought between 9 April and 16 May 1917.
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| Arras Memorial |
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| Tom Hiley's name on a wall in the Arras Memorial |
Photos by Alexander Hiley
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