| Surname: |
Osborn |
| Initials/Name: |
Thomas Joseph |
| Country of Service: |
UK |
| Rank: |
Rifleman |
| Regiment: |
Rifle Brigade |
| Unit: |
16th Battalion |
| Service No: |
P/1504 |
| Age: |
38 |
| Date of Death |
04/07/1916 |
| How died: |
Died of Wounds |
| Awards: |
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| Cemetery: |
Bethune Town Cemetery |
| Country: |
France |
| Grave Reference: |
V.F.47 |
| Local Memorials: |
Stock |
| Address: |
Son of the Rev. Thomas Joseph Osborn, of Stock. Husband of Florence Carter (formerly Osborn), of 39, Grafton St., New Bond St., London W1 |
| CWGC Page: |
Thomas Osborn |
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(should this link fail, search the
CWGC site) |
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Below from John Westwood |
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| Thomas Joseph
Osborn was born in Stock in 1878, and was the son of the Reverend Thomas Joseph
Osborn who lived in the village. |
| He and his
wife Florence lived in Soho Middlesex, and Thomas enlisted in St Pancras. He
joined the Rifle Brigade as a Rifleman P/1504, 16th Battalion Prince Consorts
Own. |
| He died of
wounds received on the open phases of the Somme offensive 4th July 1916 aged
38. He is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery V.F.47. |
| For much of
the First World War, Bethune was comparatively free from bombardment and
remained an important railway and hospital centre, as well as a corps and
divisional headquarters. The 33rd Casualty Clearing Station was in the town
until December 1917. |
| Updated 21.07.2024 |