BORN HULL 1884. LIVED AT 5 CECIL ROAD, SHARROW, SHEFFIELD. WAS A GROCER’S MANAGER. HE ENLISTED IN SHEFFIELD, ON 30/10/1916. HIS ARMY RECORDS STATE THAT HE WAS 5 FOOT. 5.5 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, SCARS ON HIS BACK, AND MOLE ON HIS ABDOMEN. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 16/06/1917. HE SERVED AS PRIVATE, 302718, 2/7TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED AT ARCH ANGEL, RUSSIA, ON 31/10/1918, AGED 34. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER, RUTH GRANT AND HER HUSBAND, PETER GRANT, OF CAVENDISH DRIVE, ROCK FERRY, CHESHIRE.
HE IS BURIED AT ARCHANGEL ALLIED CEMETERY, RUSSIA. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “GOD GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP”
First name:
THOMAS
Military Number:
302718
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/10/1918
Place died:
Archangel Allied Cemetery, Russian Federation
Age:
34
