Derbyshire Times 8 April 1916
 DEATH OF A CRICH MAN
The sad news was received on Saturday morning last by Mr and Mrs Elias Hartle of the Tors Crich, that their son, Thomas Hartle, of the Military Mounted Police R.G.A. who, as previously stated in these columns, has been lying seriously ill in hospital in Mesopotamia, has died. He was amongst the first to join the Expeditionary Force, and was beleagued at Kut-el-Amara under General Townsend. He had been 15 years in the Army, ten of which he spent in India. He was the eldest son on Mr and Mrs Hartle, was 36 years of age and single, and of his two brothers, William has been in the trenches for some considerable time and Charles is training in England.
| Name |
HARTLE, THOMAS |
Initials |
T |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom |
| Rank |
Corporal |
| Regiment/Service |
Royal Garrison Artillery |
| Unit |
"L" 104th Heavy Bty. |
| Ages |
37 |
| Date of Death |
19/03/16 |
| Service No |
9147 |
| Additional Information |
Son of Elias and Lavinia Hartle, of Laburnum Cottage, Crich, Matlock. |
| Casualty type |
Commonwealth War Dead |
| Grave/Memorial Reference |
E.6 |
| Cemetery |
KUT WAR CEMETERY |
Memorial inside the Wesleyan Chapel, Crich
1891 Census: Haynes Lane, Crich
| Forename |
Surname |
Relationship |
Age |
Occupation |
Where born |
| Elias W |
Hartle |
Head |
34 |
General Labourer |
Crich |
| Lavinia |
|
wife |
36 |
|
Bonsal |
| Thomas |
|
son |
11 |
Scholar |
Crich |
| Charles |
|
son |
9 |
|
Crich |
| Mary E |
|
daughter |
5 |
|
Crich |
| Elias W |
|
son |
2 |
|
Crich |
RG12 piece 2747 folio 8 page 10
1901 Census: Startforth, Teesdale
| Forename |
Surname |
Relationship |
Age |
Occupation |
Where born |
| Thomas |
Hartle |
boarder |
21 |
Freestone quarryman |
Crich |
RG13 piece 4657 folio 98 page 16
1911 Census:Farnam, Barracks
| Forename |
Surname |
Relationship |
Age |
Occupation |
Where born |
| Thomas |
Hartle |
Bombadier |
32 |
(Slate quarryman) |
Crich |
RG14PN5664 RD92 SD1 ED19 SN9999 Thomas Hartle's brother Charles Hartle (was also killed) and is on the Roll of Honour as is his youngest brother Elias W Hartle. |
