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23/01/2021 Terence was born about 1894 in the Cumberland area.
23/01/2021 They married in the district Sunderland in 1890 and then moved to Cumberland, an iron mining area.
23/01/2021 The 1901 English census lists the family at 7 William Street, Benfieldside. James was a puddler/furnace labourer.
23/01/2021 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.
23/01/2021 Terence Colton enlisted in Newcastle.
23/01/2021 It seems his parents moved to Newmills after 1911. It is therefore probable that Private Terence Colton never lived in the Dungannon area.
23/01/2021 Private Terence Colton is buried in Poelcapelle British Cemetery, ten kilometres north east of Ypres in Belgium.
23/01/2021 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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30/12/2015 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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30/12/2015 The CWGC records Terence Colton as the son of James and Mary Colton, of Minneveigh, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone.
30/12/2015 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.
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