Thomas James Wyatt
Memorial: Kingswood - Summerhill Methodist
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Driver 18184
Parents: Jesse William and Mary Amelia Wyatt
Marital status: Single
Home address: 86 Bell Hill, St. George, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Potter
Date of birth: 1894
Place of birth: Bristol
Date of death: 09/04/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Beaurains Road Cemetery, Beaurains, Pas de Calais, France. Commemorated on Summerhill Methodist Church Memorial Kingswood
Age: 22
Further information:
Thomas was born in Bristol the son of a potter and a middle child of ten children with five sisters and four brothers.
Thomas served with "C" Battery, 71st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Arras (9 April – 16 May 1917). The result of the battle was inconclusive as despite 150,000 casualties the allies gained little ground. Beaurains was a village captured by the allies in March 1917 and Thomas was reburied there after the Armistice when graves were brought in from surrounding battlefields.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/