Lomax,+John+Thomas

John Thomas Lomax

( listed on CWGC as LOMAS )

The second soldier from Oxenhope to die in WW1. He died on 19-10-1915 aged 26 years, serving in the Duke of Wellington(West Riding) Regiment 1st and 6th Bn.

He is buried at Talana Farm Cemetery. Ref. IV. C. 13. John had the rank of Corporal. Service number 205 Talana Farm Cemetery is a little north of Ypres near the village of Boesinghe and in Belgium. The area was captured by the British in 1915 and was over the next 3 years constantly being lost and retaken.The cemetery contains many graves of soldiers of the West Riding Rregiments.

Born in 1889 he was the son of Isaac (born 1861 ) and Elizabeth and the couple had at least 9 children most of whom like John worked in textiles. Isaac was from Bolton and a grease extractor. The family lived in Oxenhope since at least 1901 at 1 Holme Street.