In Memory Of

ESPEY, THOMAS

Service Details
Age:
 39
Date of Birth:
 1878-05-18
Service No:
 2739
Rank:
 Corporal
Unit:
 4th Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1918-01-07
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 III. F. 13.
Cemetery:
 FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
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).