Lives of the First World War

This is the Roll of Honour form completed and submitted by a relative of Thomas Leo Baines for the Preston Memorial Roll of Honour in the Harris Library, Museum and Art Gallery, finished in 1927. Transcription: Name: Thomas Leo Baines, Address: 165 Saint Georges Road, Occupation: Catholic Priest, Regiment: A Battery 152nd Brigade R.F.A, Rank and Regiment: Capt & Chaplain R.C, Date of Death: 30 May 1918, Place where killed or injury received: near Aire France. Remarks :- The Germans were Bombing the Hospitals on “Corpus Christi” behind the lines & Capt. Rev. T. L. Baines received fatal injuries about that time. Image courtesy of the Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, Lancashire. Digitisation supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, as part of the Preston Remembers Project.