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Terence was born about 1894 in the Cumberland area. |
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They married in the district Sunderland in 1890 and then moved to Cumberland, an iron mining area. |
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The 1901 English census lists the family at 7 William Street, Benfieldside. James was a puddler/furnace labourer. |
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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. |
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Terence Colton enlisted in Newcastle. |
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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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Private Terence Colton is buried in Poelcapelle British Cemetery, ten kilometres north east of Ypres in Belgium. |
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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. |
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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. |
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The CWGC records Terence Colton as the son of James and Mary Colton, of Minneveigh, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone. |
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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. |
