Thomas’s battalion was also involved in the Second Battle of the Scarpe as part of 37th Division. They were engaged just south of the village of Gavrelle when he was killed in action on the 23rd April 1917. As an older married man Thomas most likely enlisted as part...
George was only 20 years old when he enlisted in September 1914 and had worked as a harness maker. As a raw recruit he joined the 1st Suffolks in France on 24th March 1915 but was wounded at the Battle of Loos, in September that year, while serving with the 7th...
When the research for the book about Bramford’s World War One casualties was carried out no soldier by the name of “Roger” Garrod could be traced although this is the name used on the memorial itself. It has since come to light that when the memorial was created it...
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