Thomas David Webb

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

11407

Unit at enlistment:

4th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Paris Cemetery, Paris, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Greater London

Birth city:

London

Address at enlistment:

11 Alonzo Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

17 Hothfield Place, Lower Road, Rotherhithe, London

Trade or calling:

Lineman

Employer:

Bell Telephone Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX June 24, 1915

Returned From Front - Private T.D. Webb Invalided Out of Active Service Through Wounds Received

Tuesday afternoon one of the first of the members of the first contingent from Brantford, who has actually been in the trenches and seen something of active service returned to the city, in the person of Pte. Thomas David Webb. who was discharged some weeks ago at Shorncliffe, England, as being physically unfit for further service. Pte. Webb, who seemed very reticent, did not wish to recall some of the terrible experiences which he along with his Brantford comrades, was called upon to undergo during his short sojourn in the winter campaign in Flanders. He stated, however that he left the 4th Battalion in France during the first weeks of March, and since then has spent his time in Netley and other hospitals in England.

Private Webb, who was an operator with the Bell Telephone company in Brantford, received a number of flesh wounds during the fighting, none of which, fortunately, proved serious. He contracted an attack of bronchitis in the damp and cold of trench life, and his eyesight was, in addition, seriously affected.

Private Webb is a soldier of some experience, he having previously served four years with the Third V.B. Queen's, R.W. Surrey; and one year with the Royal Field Artillery (T). He expects to go to the rural districts for a few weeks, during which he will endeavor to recoup. At the time of his discharge in England he was recommended for a service pension and other than a little dissatisfaction with the treatment he received from the medical authorities, he has nothing but the utmost good feeling for their kindly treatment, to say of the British officials.

BX March 7, 1916

Pte. Webb, a returned soldier, has been given a position at the city hall to assist the city clerk, Mr. Harry Leonard. This is Mr. Leonard’s busy season and the man who generally gets this work has now got a permanent job. Mr. Webb has done his “bit” for his country, being wounded at the Battle of St. Julien.

BX January 2, 1958

Thomas D. Webb

PARIS – Thomas D. Webb, died Wednesday in the Willett Hospital in his 72nd year. Born in London, England, he had lived in Canada for the past 51 years. Before coming to Paris he resided at Rockton, Brantford and Mount Pleasant. He served in the Fourth Battalion during the First World War and at the Brantford and Simcoe military camps during the Second World War. Mr. Webb was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and a life member of Branch 29, Royal Canadian Legion, Paris. He is survived by his widow, the former Nina Matthews, a son, Jack of Oshawa; three daughters, Mrs. Earl (Violet) Summerhayes, Mount Pleasant, Mrs. Bruce (Betty) Madden, Paris, and Mrs. Fritz (Margaret) Scheel, Brantford. Mr. Webb is resting at the Cumming Funeral Home, 13 Banfield Street. A military service will be held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Broadway West, Saturday at 3.30 p.m. Interment will be in Paris Cemetery.