South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One

Private CH/15267 Arnold Oswald Thomas IZZARD - Royal Marine Light Infantry - attd HMS Sapphire


Died, December 12, 1918 aged 31
 Military History

Theatre

France & Flanders

Action/Battle/Other

Died of pneumonia

Place of Death

Royal Naval Hospital Haslar

 

Medals

1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals

Medal Citation (if app)

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Enlisted Date/Place

30 Jan 1905 at Liverpool

 

Commonwealth War Graves Page

Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery

SWFHS War Memorial(s)

Bascote Heath  |  Ufton  |  Dunchurch

Other War Memorial(s)

 

Regiments/Units

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

The above linked log book shows that HMS Sapphire docked at Portsmouth on 5 Dec 1918. Thomas died of pneumonia 13 days later at the Haslar Royal Naval Hospital.
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 HMS Sapphire  Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery
 Personal & Family History

Birth Date & Place

25 Dec 1886 at Thurlaston

Baptism Date & Place

29 Jan 1888 Dunchurch

Parents

Thomas and Eliza of Bascote Heath

Wife & Marriage

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Children

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Occupation(s)

  • 1901 - Farm worker on fathers farm
  • 1904 - Butcher
  • 1905 to 1918 - Royal Marine

Schools & Colleges

 

Address History

  • 1888 - Thurlaston (Baptism Record)
  • 1891 - Binley Road, Wyken (Census)
  • 1901 - Barleythorpe, Leics (Census)
  • 1905 - Brickhill Cottages (Service Record)

Other Information

 

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