9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
08/05/1918 (Prisoner of War)
Age:
27
Summary
Thomas Bolton was born in Lismoyle, near Swatragh, County Londonderry. Private Tom Bolton was serving with C Company, 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was captured by the Germans on 20th Match 1918 at St Quentin. Subsequent German P.O.W. reports note that he sustained a knee fracture due to a shot through the knee. Private Bolton died on 8th May 1918 as a result of due to general weakness in the auxiliary hospital barracks in Block I to Zerbst. Zerbst is a town in Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was reported as being 23 years old. Private Thomas Bolton is now buried in Berlin South Western Cemetery.
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and lies in the north east of the country. The village of Stahnsdorf lies approx 22kms south west of Berlin and approx 14kms to the east of Potsdam.
