Name
Thomas David Jarvis
14 Jan 1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/07/1916
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
4/7187
Bedfordshire Regiment
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
II. D. 1.
France
Headstone Inscription
GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial,
Great Amwell Village Memorial,
St John the Baptist Church Memorial, Great Amwell,
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath (Servants' Plaque),
Not on the Hertford Heath memorial
Pre War
Thomas David was born on 14 Jan 1897 (baptised 18 Apr 1897) in Great Easton, Dunmow, Essex to Charles Henry Jarvis, a labourer and later a shepherd, and Julia Ann (nee Ellis).
On the 1901 Census Thomas was living with his parents, elder brother Alfred, sisters Rose Alice, Ada and Nellie at the Broadway, Great Dunmow. On the 1911 Census Thomas, now aged 14 and an under shepherd on a farm was living with his parents and sister Nellie, still at the Broadway. Later he worked at Haileybury College, London Rd., Hertford Heath, Hertford.
Wartime Service
Thomas enlisted in Aug 1914 at Hertford as Private 4/7187 in the 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment.
Following his training He was posted to 6th (Service) Battalion and joined the in the field having entering France on 11 Oct 1915.The 6th battalion was in the front line facing Contalmaison (Battle of the Somme) from 8 Jul 1916. On 15th Jul 1916 the Battalion mounted an attack on Pozieres from trenches south of Contalmaison. About 240 officers and men were killed, wounded or missing at the end of the day. Thomas was one of the wounded casualties and was evacuated to 38 Casualty Clearing Station at Mericourt-L’Abbe where Thomas died of his wounds. He was 19 years old.
Additional Information
His mother, Mrs J. A. Jarvis, London Rd., Hertford Heath, Hertford, ordered his headstone inscription: "GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN".
War Gratuity of £8 10s and arrears of £5 0s 8d was paid to his mother. Elder brother Alfred served in Royal Navy from Feb 1905 as Boy to Jun 1920 as Petty Officer.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
