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211647 Pte. Thomas Dinsdale British Army 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire from:Walsall (d.8th January 1915) Thomas Dinsdale My great grandfather was killed at Festubert 8th January 1915 aged 26. He left two children, Martha and Joseph, and a wife Sarah Jane Dinsdale. My Nan Martha was only 1 year old when he was killed and never saw her father although she passed down to my Mother that it had always been said that Thomas had been shot through the head whilst in the trenches at Festubert presumably by a German sniper but this is unsubstanciated. I have traced his memorial to the missing at the Touret Memorial in France panel 21 to 22 which I hope to be visiting. I believe that Frank Lawrence the brother of Lawrence of Arabia is also on these two panels. I know Thomas Dinsdale landed at Le Harve in August 1914 but very little else about their deployment. My Nan never had a photograph and sadly passed away some years ago. Additional Information: i visited the touret memorial and found my great grandads name on the wall among his comrades and signed the visitors book thomas mason Reply

Thomas Dinsdale is remembered in the South Staffords at War book by Andrew Thornton, page 77 entitled His Last Wish Thomas Andrew mason Reply

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