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Thomas Henry Belfield

Service Number 17195
Military Unit 3rd Bn Grenadier Guards
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death 23 Apr 1916 (23 Years Old)
Place of Birth Unknown
Employment, Education or Hobbies In the 1911 census he is shown as a threader.
Family History

Thomas Henry Belfield was born in 1894 in Chilwell and was the only son of Thomas William a joiner and Selina Belfield née Pare of Blenheim Villa Park Road, Chilwell Nottinghamshire.

Military History

Private Thomas Henry Belfield enlisted in August 1914 at Nottingham and was a regular soldier serving with the 3rd battalion Grenadier Guards, he landed in France on 12th November 1914 and was killed in action on 23rd April 1916. He is buried in Reservoir Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.

Extra Information

Death notice published 1st May 1916 in the Nottingham Evening Post :- “BELFIELD. – Killed in action Easter Sunday, 1916, Pte. T. H. Belfield, Grenadier Guards, aged 22 years, only son of Thomas and Selina Belfield, Park-road, Chilwell.” Notice courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918.

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