218806 CQMS. Thomas Alfred Talbot 1914 StarBritish Army 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards from:Bermondsey Thomas Alfred Talbot born 28th September 1895, entered service 8th April 1911 aged 15 years as an errand boy with the coldstream guards 3rd Battalion.
As did his five Brothers William, James, Stephen, Frederick, and Albert. His Father William was in the 1st Battalion of 2nd Queens Royal Reg at Aldershot in 1881.
From 8/4/1911 he remained home till 30/8/1914 where he was then posted to France & Belgium in the B.E.F returning home in the October 1914.
There then followed another posting with B.E.F in September 1916 till September 1919 France,
he returned home till September 1922 and his first Daughter Florence was born 1920, and my Mother Violet in 1926.
During 1914-1918 most of his Brothers died, possibly in France.
Thomas was posed to Egypt in September 1922 returning October 1923, he then remained home.
His total service was 24 years 84 days, his military conduct was Exemplary, his testimonial, a throughly efficient and reliable CQMS, who works hard and is very thorough, showing marked efficiency and powers of organisation etc.
My Grandfather was discharged on 30th June 1936 London. He passed away in the early 1970's.
My Mother passed away in 2014, leaving me with precious documents, and an insight into this man that I knew very little about.
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