Surname

Christian Names

Service Number

Rank

Regiment

Carpenter

Thomas Henry

5388

Pte

Born

Age

Enlisted at

Address

London

Date of Death

Where killed

Cause of Death

27/03/1918

Cemetery

Plot

Country

Pozieres Memorial

Panel 78

Next of Kin

Next of kin address

Town

Lydia Jane Carpenter (Wife)

Notes

He had previously been in the Dorsetshire Regiment with the service number 17900. His wife was Lydia Jane (nee STRUGNELL) and in 1911 the family were living at 10 London Road, Chippenham. There is a medal card for Thomas, as Thomas H Carpenter, and also a record in Ireland Casualties of WW1, though of course he was not Irish, having been born in Chippenham. Besides his widow, he left five young children, the youngest of whom, named after him as Thomas Henry CARPENTER, was born in 1917 but died as a very young baby. Lydia went on to marry firstly a Mr HULBERT and then a Mr CUSS, both from Chippenham.

 

Extra details supplied by Liz Summerson

Memorials Commemorated on:

Chippenham Town War Memorial

Yes

St Paul’s Church

St Andrew’s Church

Yes

Liberal Club

Hardenhuish Church

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Memorial image reproduced with permission of Gary Nelson, International War Graves Photography Project