Photograph of Thomas Shortman of Keynsham
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Photograph of Thomas Shortman of Keynsham
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Subject |
Shortman, Thomas James
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Notes |
Somerset Light Infantry, killed first day of the Somme 1916.
Editor's Comment: Pte. 17482 Thomas James Shortman, 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry, killed in action 1st July 1916, aged 44. The husband of Clara Ann Shortman, of 14, Dapps Hill, Keynsham, Bristol, he is buried in Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood, Longueval. The 1st Bn., as part of the 4th Division, attacked between the villages of Serre and Beaumont Hamel on the first day of the Batlle of the Somme. |
Item date |
August 1914 - July 1916
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Creation place |
Unknown
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Content | |
Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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Filename |
GWA_3376_P1000370.jpg
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Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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Digital repository | |
Contributor name |
Jane Bradley
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Collection
Citation
“Photograph of Thomas Shortman of Keynsham,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 16, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4808.
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