Tom Osborne
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Thomas Osborn was born in 1889 at Bradford, the son of William Carby Osborn a boot repairer and his first wife the late Rebecca Osborn née Stanley of 20 Bedford Square Hyson Green Nottingham. William Carby Osborn was born in 1852 at Bradford, Rebecca Stanley was born in 1860 at Arnold, she died in 1897 aged 37 yrs, they were married on 17th July 1880 their marriage was recorded in the Basford registration district, they had 9 children, sadly 4 were to die in infancy or early childhood. Their surviving children were Stanley b1892, John Carby b1884, Tom 1889, Clara b1894 and George Henry b1894. William Carby married his second wife Ellen (Nellie ) b1863 at Nottingham in 1898, they had 3 further children Emma, James and Albert. In 1911 William Carby and his second Wife Nellie were living at 7 Albion Square, Albion Street, Nottingham William is 59 yrs and a boot repairer, he is living with his wife Nellie 48 yrs and their children, Emma 9 yrs, James 8 yrs and Albert 6 yrs. In the 1911 census Thomas Osborne is found as a serving soldier, single 21 yrs of age, he is in barracks at Crownhill Barracks, Cornwall with the 2nd battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment During his time in Nottingham he lived at March Street, Walnut Tree Lane, Castle Road.
Pte. Thomas Osborne, enlisted at Nottingham and initially served with the service number 10470 in the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire) Regiment , he later transferred to the 6th Divisional Cyclist Company, Army Cyclist Corps. He landed in France on 8th September 1914 and was killed in action on 9th August 1915, he has no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres, Menin Gate Memorial.
Article published on 21st August 1915 in the Nottingham Daily Express :- “KILLED BY SHELL FIRE. “PRIVATE T. OSBORNE, of the Army Cyclist Corps, 6th Divisional Company, is another Nottingham man to make the Great Sacrifice. He was killed by a fragment of a shell during operations on August 9th. Private Osborne was transferred to the Army Cyclist Corps from the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters. He was only 26 years of age, and prior to the war lived at 14, March-street, Walnut Tree-lane, Nottingham.” Above article is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918. His brother Private William Osborn enlisted at Nottingham, he was serving with the 1st battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment in 1911 when the regiment was in India. He was killed in action on 4th March 1917, having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
