Terence Colton was the son of James and Mary Colton. Terence was born about 1894 in the Cumberland area. The family lived in Benfieldside. James was a puddler/furnace labourer. By 11911 Terence had joined his father at the ironworks as a labourer. He enlisted in Newcastle. Private Terence Colton was serving with the 1st/4th Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers when he was killed in action on 26 October 1917. He was 23 years old. It seems his parents moved to Newmills after 1911. It is therefore probable that Private Terence Colton never lived in the Dungannon area.
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Terence Colton was the son of James and Mary Colton. His parents came from Ireland to live in the north east of England before 1881.
They married in the district Sunderland in 1890 and then moved to Cumberland, an iron mining area.
Terence was born about 1894 in the Cumberland area.
The 1901 English census lists the family at 7 William Street, Benfieldside. James was a puddler/furnace labourer.
The 1911 English census lists the family at 10 Bottle Bank, Blackhill, Benfieldside. Terence (17) had joined his father at the ironworks as a labourer.
Terence Colton enlisted in Newcastle.
Private Terence Colton was serving with the 1st/4th Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers when he was killed in action on 26 October 1917. He was 23 years old.
Private Colton is commemorated on St Calvary War Memorial, St. Michael's R.C. Church, Esh Laude. Esh Laude is 2 miles west of Durham Town, Co Durham.
Private Terence Colton is buried in Poelcapelle British Cemetery, ten kilometres north east of Ypres in Belgium.
The CWGC records Terence Colton as the son of James and Mary Colton, of Minneveigh, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone.
It seems his parents moved to Newmills after 1911. It is therefore probable that Private Terence Colton never lived in the Dungannon area.
