Name
Thomas Cummings
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/05/1916
35
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
4219
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY
Plot III, Row K, Grave 10.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour,
Christ Church Memorial, Watford,
Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Son of John T and Felicina CUMMINGS; husband of Georgina (nee TWOSE) CUMMINGS.
His parent’s marriage is proving elusive. John died 1892 in the Edmonton, Middx, district aged 60; Felecina died 1905 in the Wandsworth, London, district aged 65.
Thomas was born 1881 in Wood Green, Middx, and baptised 8 May 1881 at St Michael’s, Wood Green. He married 11 September 1904 at Christ Church, West Green, Middx; they had two children. He resided in Watford. Georgina remarried 1919 in the Watford district to Ernest W WOOD, and died 14 January 1976 in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, aged 92.
On the 1891 Census, aged 10 he lived in Wood Green, with his father and two siblings. On the 1901 Census, a lather aged 21 he was a boarder in Wood Green. On the 1911 Cencus, a lather aged 31 he lived in Watford, with his wife and two children.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Hertford, was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914-15 Star medals, his qualifying date being 17 August 1915, and was killed in action.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, Thomas’ Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
