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246126 2nd. Lt. Tom Vincent Dann 1/6th Btn. A Coy. 3 Pltn. South Staffordshire Regiment from:Bedford (d.13th October 1915) Tom Dann was born on 1st October 1886 in Bedford, son of Thomas & Mary E Dann, Sidney Street, Bedford. He was the husband of Ethel Eliza Dann, married on 1st October 1914. In about 1907 he enlisted with the 1st Eastern Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical corps ( Territorial Force) serving with them for about 3 years. The 1911 census shows him boarding in Lower Gornel, Dudley, Staffordshire, employed as a Coal Gas engineer and draughtsman for B.Gibbons Jun. Ltd, Dudley. He attended St. James the Great parish church, was a linesman and served on the local Unionist Club committee. On 2nd of September 1914 he enlisted at Wolverhampton as a Private with the non manual section of the 6th South Staffordshire Regiment and was immediately appointed Lance Corporal on the same day. On 27th of February 1915 he was appointed Lance Sergeant just before embarking on active service with the 1/6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. On 15th of March 1915 he was appointed Acting Company Sergeant Major of A Company and then on 25th August 1915 was commissioned in the field and took command of No.3 Platoon of A Company He was mortally wounded on 13th of October 1915 during the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt. A bullet entered his thigh and exited through his foot; despite the men from his battalion returning him to the trench he slowly bled to death during the night. He was buried by his soldiers and his service records note the position of his grave as G.5.c.8.5 Trench Map 36c.N.W.3, however continual fighting in the area over the following months made it impossible to positively identify his remains after the battlefield was cleared. He therefore has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. He is also remembered on the War Memorial in Lower Gornal. A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1895-1902, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**