posted on 2024-02-23, 18:10authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
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
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Subject
Shortman, Thomas James
Date
1920 - 1923
Date Created
01/01/1920
Temporal Coverage
31/12/1923
Source
Artifact
Medium
Metal
Type
Other
Contributor
Richard Marshall | Jane Bradley
Rights
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor