Name
Thomas Smith (Prior served as Smith)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/09/1916
40
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
20534
Devonshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 1 C.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Thundridge Village Memorial, High Cross Village Memorial, St Johns Church Memorial, High Cross, Boxworth, Cambs Roll of Honour
Pre War
Thomas Prior was born in 1876 at Boxworth in Cambridgeshire to Thomas and Emily Prior. His father was an agricultural labourer.
In 1891 Thomas was still at home living with his parents, and is described as an agricultural labourer also. By 1901 he was living with Charles and Emily Wrangles at 42 High Cross as a boarder, under the name of Thomas Smith, a single man, and is described as a Bricklayer. So between 1891 and 1901 he left Box-worth for whatever reason, and started up a new life in High Cross as Thomas Smith. He was still living with the Wrangles in 1911. This information is confirmed by consulting Roll of Honour Cambridgeshire and then Boxworth, and also through military records. He enlisted at Hertford
Wartime Service
It seems that for reasons unknown, Thomas was known by a different name in Thundridge and High Cross.
Additional Information
Additional Information:(Served as SMITH). Son of Thomas Prior.
Acknowledgments
Maurice Charge, Stuart Osborne, Pat Bird
