Service Details
Name:
 ESPEY
Given Name:
 THOMAS
Initials:
 T
Service No:
 2739
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1918-01-07
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Date of Birth:
 1878-05-18
Age:
 39
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Son of James and Elizabeth Espey. Husband of Florence Espey. Left behind 2 sons, aged 8 and 9. Born Gortreagh, Cookstown. Thomas was a railway clerk in Cookstown before emigrating to South Africa. A Carrier's Contractor from Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town, was one of the 143 survivors who left Delville Wood on 20 July 1916 (refer: Roll Call: The Delville Wood Story by Ian Uys).
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND
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Grave Reference:
 III. F. 13.

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