Thomas Black
Service Number
61418
Military Unit
Date of birth
Date of Death
10 Oct 1918 (Age unknown)
Place of Birth
Unknown
Employment, Education or Hobbies
Unknown
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Family History
He was the son of Rebecca Black (later Frost). This man's real name was Robert Frost. (see Frost's entry on this site).
Military History
2/1 Westmorland and Cumberland Hussars
Frost had enlisted shortly before his eighteenth birthday at Nottingham on 13th May 1907. In 1914 he arrived in France as Driver in the Army Service Corps, attached to the 9th Field Ambulance. Recorded as a deserter from 1st January 1918, his medals forfeited, he re-enlisted under the name Thomas Black. And it is under that name he was buried and is still commemorated in Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Dublin.
Extra Information
He died at sea aboard SS Leinster .
Photographs
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