Edwin William Thomas

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

55724

Unit at enlistment:

19th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

September 15th, 1916

Cemetery:

Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension - Somme, France - VII.D.54.

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Essex

Birth city:

Shoeburyness

Address at enlistment:

16 Jarvis Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

20 William Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Employer:

Brantford Waterworks

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Cause and Place of Death: Died of Wounds Special Hospital Warloy (GSW Chest Lungs and Abdomen

BX October 26, 1916

Brantford Casualties

An ex-employee of the waterworks commission here, Private Edwin William Thomas, who went overseas with the 19th Battalion, is today reported dead from wounds. Before enlisting with the 19th Battalion he had no previous military experience. He is a married man and his wife is at present in Scotland. One brother, Arthur, a member of the Hamilton police force survives him. The word of his death was received here by Mrs. Amos of Shellards Lane, with whom Pte. Thomas boarded before going overseas.