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Gilbert, Thomas
Rank : Private
Army Number : 7888
Unit : 1st Bn
Biography :
Served with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Bn including service in South Africa during the Boer war, he was a member of the Army Reserve as a Cook when he re-enlisted at Leicester in 1914. Home address given as Mountsorrel. Served with the 1st Bn during WW1 and was killed in action France and Flanders campaign 29.11.1914. He is commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.
Some information from the Mountsorrel in the Great War Project.
Date of Birth : 1888
Place of Birth : Mountsorrel, Leicestershire
Date of Death : 29.11.1914
Place of Death : Belgium
Civil Occupation : Quarryman
Period of Service : 1910s
Conflicts : WW1
Places Served : Belgium
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