Thomas Edward PAGE
| Unit |
1/8th Bn, The Worcestershire
Regiment, 144th Brigade, 48th Division, T.F., B.E.F. |
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| Service Number | 20384 | ||||||
| Rank | Private | ||||||
| Nature of Death | Died of wounds at Rouen, France 18/12/16 | ||||||
| Age | - | ||||||
| Burial/Commemoration | St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France: O III L 10 | ||||||
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Malvern Commemoration
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Malvern Library Memorial and St James the Great, Cradley, Herefordshire | ||||||
| Next of Kin | - | ||||||
| Education | - | ||||||
| Previous Employment | - | ||||||
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Thomas Edward Page joined the Worcestershire Yeomanry at the beginning of the war, and was posted to the second line (the 2/1st Worcestershire Yeomanry). In October 1916, this unit provided two drafts for the 1/8th Worcestershire Regiment in France, and these men joined this infantry unit at Mondicourt and Beaudricourt on the Somme. Edward Corbett, the Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant described these men as "perhaps the finest we ever received." The unit at the time were in the sector around Le Sars, and less than two months later a direct hit was scored by the enemy on a post held by several members of the Worcestershire - Thomas Page may have been wounded here, although to die so far away at Rouen only 4 days later seems to suggest an earlier incident. For more information on the 13th and 14th December, click here.
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Malvern News 6/1/17
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