54719: Photograph of Thomas Shortman of Keynsham

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posted on 2024-02-23, 18:10 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

Somerset Light Infantry, killed first day of the Somme 1916.

Editor's Comment:
Pte. 17482 Thomas James Shortman, 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry, killed in action 1st July 1916, aged 44. The husband of Clara Ann Shortman, of 14, Dapps Hill, Keynsham, Bristol, he is buried in Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood, Longueval. The 1st Bn., as part of the 4th Division, attacked between the villages of Serre and Beaumont Hamel on the first day of the Batlle of the Somme.

History

Identifier

4815.jpg| GWA_3376_P1000370.jpg|

Subject

Shortman, Thomas James

Date

August 1914 - July 1916

Date Created

01/08/1914

Temporal Coverage

01/07/1916

Source

Photograph

Medium

Photographic paper

Type

Photograph

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Jane Bradley

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford