Thomas Henry Claringbould

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

305063

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

December 24th, 1919

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Dover War Memorial

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Kent

Birth city:

Dover

Address at enlistment:

89 Darling Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

142 Heathfield Avenue, Dover, Kent, England

Trade or calling:

Farm hand

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Cause: Valvular Disease of the Heart
Location: Brantford, Ontario

BX December 24, 1919

Obituary – Private Thomas Henry Claringbould

The death occurred in the hospital this morning after an illness of only ten days of Private Thomas Claringbould, formerly of 89 Darling Street in his 28th year. The deceased served in the Canadian forces overseas and only two months ago married an English girl. His death is indirectly due to injuries received while on active service, and he was in receipt of a pension at the time of his death. The funeral will take place on Friday from 175 Wellington Street to Mount Hope cemetery.

BX December 27, 1919

The funeral of the late Private Thomas Henry Claringbould took place December 26. Rev C.E. Jeakins conducted services at the home of his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Harris, 175 Wellington Street. The remains were interred in the soldiers plot in Mount Hope. The pallbearers from the G.W.V.A. were Comrades J. Hutcheon, W. Oliver, J. McDonald, J. Jackson, J. Howting, W. Lyle, Phil. King, and A. Davis. His wife, his cousins, Mr. And Mrs. Harris, his parents and sisters in England, are left to mourn his loss.