Thomas William Hetherington (1894-1916)
Sunderland man served with the Durham Light Infantry
We received the following from Thomas’s great-nephew, Gary Hetherington:
Lieutenant Thomas William Hetherington was my great-uncle. He was killed in action on the 17th July 1916, aged 21. Prior to joining the Army he studied Languages at Cambridge University. To pay for this he privately taught Lord Armstrong’s children. His picture hangs in Lord Armstrong’s estate.
An account of the action which led to the death of Thomas can be found in “With Bayonets Fixed. The 12th and 13th Battalions of the Durham Light Infantry in the Great War” – by John Sheen p. 149-150
Civil Parish: Sunderland
Birth date: 1894
Death date: 17-Jul-1916
Armed force/civilian: Army
Residence: 7 Duke Street North, Fulwell Road, Sunderland (1911 census)
Education: Bede School, Sunderland
Cambridge University
Organisation membership: Student Teacher, Durham County Council (1911 census)
Private tutor to Armstrong family (family report)
Family: Parents: Thomas William Hetherington, Mary Hetherington
Grandfather: Samuel Craggs Humble
Siblings: Joseph Hetherington, Samuel Humble Hetherington, Mary Hetherington, John Hetherington, Eva Hetherington, Doris Jennie Hetherington
Military service:
12th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
Landed in France 25 August 1915
Memorial(s): Theipval Memorial to the Missing, France
Bede College War Memorial plaque (now located at Sunderland College, Bede Building)
Gender: Male
Contributed by durhamtrooper, Durham
