Matthew Thomas Hamilton
There are a few interesting points to note about Matthew Hamilton. First is that he is the brother of another name on the memorial Frederick Hamilton and I believe that this supports my identification of these men - as brothers of course they would both have been on the same church memorial.
Thanks to a member on Ancestry making their tree and photos public we have a photo of Matthew, they did not have any information about his brother though.
Private Matthew Thomas Hamilton 14502
According to his baptismal record (below) Matthew Thomas Hamilton was born on 15th April 1895 to parents William (a blacksmith) and Margaret. They lived at 84 Rathbone Street and Matthew was baptised on 16th June 1895 in St Michael's church.
Source: Ancestry.co.uk
In the 1901 census Matthew and his family were living at 94 Rathbone Street and his father William was a blacksmith's striker.
Source: Ancestry.co.uk
At the time of the 1911 census Matthew was single and living with his parents and siblings at 10 Sand Street (which ran between St James' Street and Rathbone St) He was working as a chemist's porter for J Thompsons Ltd (his brother John also worked for this company as a warehouse porter)
Source: Ancestry.co.uk
Photo of Matthew Thomas Hamilton (source: public member photo, Ancestry.co.uk)
Photo of Matthew Thomas Hamilton (source: public member photo, Ancestry.co.uk)
The medal card for Matthew shows that he was a private in the Liverpool Regiment with the regimental number 14502.
He entered the theatre of war: France on 4th March 1915 and earned the Victory medal and the British War medal.
Source: Ancestry.co.uk
His entry in UK Soldiers died in the Great War gives the following information:
I hope to be able to get to the archives soon to get copies of the newspaper & Liverpool Worthies references.
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