Thomas Price Gamble
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Thomas Price was the youngest son of Thomas Price Gamble and his wife Elizabeth (née Easom). Both his parents were born in Basford, Nottingham, Thomas in about 1859 and Elizabeth in about 1860. They were married at Basford St Leodegarius in December 1882 and had five children: George Price b. 1883, Sarah Florence Price birth registered 1886 (J/F/M), William Francis Price b. 22 March 1890, Thomas Price b. 1892 and Emma Elizabeth b. 1895. The three eldest children were baptised at St Leodegarius, William Francis on 9 June 1890. Thomas snr., a lace curtain worker, and Elizabeth were living at Ford Street, Basford, when their eldest son was baptised in 1884 but had moved to 28 Gauntley Street by 1890 when William was baptised and were still at the same address when the Census was taken the following year. However, in 1901 Thomas snr., now a grocer (own account), and his wife were living at 95 Carlton Road, Nottingham, with their five children: George a clerk (lace warehouse), Sarah a cigar maker, and William, Thomas and Emma who were school age. By 1911 only Sarah, a blouse machinist, Thomas a butcher and Emma were living with their parents, now at 15 Gawthorne Street, Nottingham, where Thomas snr. was a shop general dealer (own account). George, a brewery clerk, his wife Agnes Beatrice (née Garratt m. 1904) and their two children were living at 17 Gawthorne Street while William, who has not yet been traced on the 1911 UK Census, had probably emigrated to Canada. The family later moved to 10 Brushfield Street, Nottingham, where they had a shop. Thomas married Ida Lillian Swift (1894-1972) in 1916. Ida was the daughter of William Swift and his wife Emma (née Noble), who were married in 1891 and had nine children, seven of whom survived infancy. William and his family were recorded on the 1911 Census under the surname 'Fox' although Ida's marriage to Thomas in 1916 was recorded in her birth surname. Ida did not remarry. In 1939 she was a housekeeper at a hotel in Paignton, Devon. She died in 1972; the probate record gave her address as Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Both Thomas's parents died in 1937; Thomas on 11 June and his widow on 20 October; both were living at 33 Carlyle Road, West Bridgford at the time of their deaths. George, Sarah (Parsons m. 1937) and Emma (Glossop m. 1919) survived their parents.
10th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment). The 10th (Service) Battalion was a battalion of Kitchener's New Armies, formed at Derby in September 1914. It was mobilised for the BEF France and landed at Boulogne on 14 July 1915. Thomas Price Gamble was killed in action on 15 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France (Bay 7). CWGC - History of the Arras Memorial (extract): The Memorial 'commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7 August 1918, the eve of the Advance to Victory, and have no known grave. The most conspicuous events of this period were the Arras offensive of April-May 1917, and the German attack in the spring of 1918.' (www.cwgc.org)
Thomas's brother, William Francis, served in the Canadian Infantry (907657 Private) and was killed in action on 10 November 1917. He is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium. (See record on this Roll of Honour) Their brother George Price Gamble may have served in the South Staffordshire Regiment (52221) and later the Hampshire Regiment (27258). Nottingham Evening Post, ‘Roll of Honour’, 8 June 1917: ‘Gamble. Killed in action, May 15th, Tom, the dearly loved husband of Ida Gamble (née Fox), age 24 years and youngest son of Mr & Mrs Gamble, 10 Brushfield-street. They will be done is hard to say, when our dear ones are taken away. From his sorrowing wife.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) Nottingham Evening Post, ‘Roll of Honour’, 8 June 1917: ‘Gamble. Killed in action, May 15th, Tom, the dearly loved son-in-law of Mr and Mrs Fox [surname previously Swift], 199, Waterway-street. Not our will but thine, O Lord.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) Nottingham Evening Post, ‘Roll of Honour’, 9 June 1917: ‘Gamble. Killed in action, May 15th, Pte Tom Gamble, Notts and Derbys, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Gamble,. 10, Brushfield-street, aged 24. Deeply mourned by father, mother, sisters, brothers [George, William] (in France).’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) Nottingham Evening Post, 'In Memoriam', 15 May 1918:- 'GAMBLE. – In fond remembrance of my dear husband, Tom, killed in action May 15th, 1917. From earthly pain to heavenly rest, missed by the one who loved him best. – Sorrowing wife Ida.' 'GAMBLE. – In ever-loving memory of Private Tom Gamble, Notts. and Derbys, who was killed in action May 15th, 1917. Death divides, fond memories cling.' “GAMBLE, MIDDLETON. – In affectionate remembrance of Tom Gamble, killed in action May 17th, 1917, and Arthur Middleton, killed in action November 24th, 1916, [1] dearly loved sons-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Fox [surname previously 'Swift'], 199, Waterway-street, Nottingham. Peace, perfect peace.” [1] Pte. Arthur Middleton, 11th Battalion Manchester Regiment, was killed in action 24th November 1916. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. [Husband of Mabel Gertrude Swift m. 1915] Above notices and information courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918 Registers of Soldiers' Effects: his widow Ida was his sole legatee. Nottingham Evening Post, ‘Deaths’, 12 June 1937: ‘Gamble. At 33 Carlyle-road, West Bridgford, on June 11th, Thomas Price, aged 78 years. Interment Wilford Hill, Monday 3 o’clock. Rest after weariness.’ (www.britishnewspaperachive.co.uk) Nottingham Evening Post, ‘Deaths’, 22 October 1937: ‘Gamble. On October 20th at 33 Carlyle-road, West Bridgford, Elizabeth, wife of the late Thomas Price Gamble. Interment, Wilford Hill, Saturday, 11.30.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) Family grave, Nottingham Southern Cemetery, Wilford Hill: 'In loving memory of Thomas P Gamble, beloved husband of Elizabeth, who died June 11th 1937, age 78 years. Rest after weariness. Also of the above Elizabeth Gamble who died October 20th 1937 aged 77 years, He that believeth in me shall not be cast out. Also William J Parsons, son in law of the above, [husband of Sarah Florence Parsons nee Gamble] died Feb 26th 1955, aged 76 years (cremated). Also their sons killed in action. Pte Tom Gamble May 15th 1917. Pte William F Gamble Nov 10th 1917.' Also commemorated on the headstone are: Florence Elizabeth Jackson née Gamble died 9th Aug. 1977 aged 67 years (daughter of George Price Gamble), Sarah Florence Parsons (nee Gamble) and George Price Gamble who died in 1958 aged 74.
