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Thomas Ethelbert Tombs

In memory of:

Private Thomas Ethelbert Tombs

November 19, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

180544

Age:

16

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)

Division:

50th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

December 5, 1899
Holt, Terbury, Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom

Enlistment:

November 6, 1915
Victoria, British Columbia

Son of Thomas Ethelbert and Louisa Tombs, of Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Native of Worcester, England.

Commemorated on Page 174 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

IV. H. 9.

Location:

Miraumont is a village about 14.5 kilometres north-north-east of Albert and the Cemetery is some 3 kilometres south of the village on the east side of the road to Courcelette (D107). The ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY is signposted in the centre of Miraumont.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave Marker– Gravesite of Thomas E. Tombs in ACANAC
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of December 5, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y308uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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