BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM (1864-1935) & ELIZABETH BOND (1862-1923), OF HEDON, HULL. SON OF A BUILDER. HE WORKED AS A BRICKLAYERS APPRENTICE.
HE ENLISTED AT RETFORD. NOTTINGHAM. JOINED THE 1ST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE YEOMANRY (SHERWOOD RANGERS). DIED OF WOUNDS, IN EGYPT, ON 08/11/1917, AGED 21. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT BROTHERS, BILLIE, AND ARTHUR, & SISTERS, ADA AND LIZZIE.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HEDON WW1 MEMORIAL, IVY STREET, HEDON AND THE BILTON WW1 MEMORIAL, AT ST PETERS CHURCH, BILTON (57 SERVED , 6 DIED).
HE IS BURIED IN GAZA HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “IF GOD BE FOR US WHO CAN BE AGAINST US. GOD REWARDEST EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS WORK”
| Name | Thomas Edward Bond |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull |
| Residence | 202, Walton Street, Hull |
| Death Date | 8 Nov 1917 |
| Death Place | Bersheba War Cemetery, Egypt |
| Enlistment Place | Retford |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line |
| Battalion | Notts Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) |
| Regimental Number | 276078 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Egyptian Theatre |
First name:
THOMAS EDWARD
Military Number:
276078
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/11/1917
Place died:
Bersheba War Cemetery, Egypt
Age:
21
