South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Vis-en-Artois Memorial |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| After 1 Feb 1917 | Lapworth WM | Lapworth St. Mary | |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Battles of Beaurevoir | January 1917 at Birmingham | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | |
| Beaurevoir | ||
Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)
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Thomas is listed as being killed in action on 5 Oct 1918. Information about his death is scant and the below is a combination of information extracted from The Story of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment by 1) C.L. Kingsford and the battalion war diary. The 1/8th Royal Warwickshire, which has returned from Italy in September and had been assigned to the 75th Brigade, 25th Division, Fourth Army, came into the line on October 5. Advancing through Bony, they took part in the capture of the position Beaurevoir-Ponchaux on October 7. War Diary - 5 Oct 1918: At 02.30am battalion marched into the line at Lormisett to support the 74th Inf Bde. War Diary 6 Oct 1918: A&C Coys were ordered to support the Sherwood Foresters in the vicinity of Guisancourt Farm and to assist them in the attack on this strong point. B&D Coys moved to support the Yorks Regt at Belleville Farm. The advance of the companies under heavy artillery and MG fire was superb and the G.O.C the 7th Bde complemented Lt Col Whitehouse on the splendid way in which the advance was carried out. END |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| 14 Jan 1896 at Wroxall | 23 Feb 1896 at Wroxall |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Thomas and Annie Elizabeth Cranmer | Lapworth Hill, Hockley Heath |
| Sarah Cox - aunt and adoptive mother | |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1896 - Wroxall | 1911 - General Boys (Domestic) |
| 1901 - Lapworth Hill, Hockley Heath with aunt Sarah Cox | |
| 1911 - Lapworth Hill, Hockley Heath with aunt Sarah Cox | |
| 1918 - Lapworth Hill, Hockley Heath | |
- Thomas's mother Annie died when he was 1 year old and she was buried on 18 Feb 1897 at Lapworth St Mary.
- Thomas was brought up by his aunt, Sarah Cox who later became his adoptive mother.
- Thomas's father - Thomas Snr was a Bulter in service when he was born and he remarried in Surrey on 23 Apr 1899 to Ellen Bullen. He died in 1934 in Charlesworth, Derbyshire
