Birth GRO 1st qtr 1894
CHATFIELD, Thomas William Bethnal G. 1c 194
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CHATFIELD, Private Thomas William G/22302 56376851, 32nd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (East Ham). b. 1894 d. Oct. 10, 1916 A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers, Somme, Picardie Region, France. From Bethnal Green, London. Parents Thomas William and Eleanor Esther nee Johnson, of 94 Bristol Road, East Ham, London. Born 15 New Church Street, Bethnal Green, London. Baptised 17 Dec 1893 St Andrews, Bethnal Green. Enlisted in East Ham. Battalion landed in France 5 May 1916. Died 10 Oct 1916 (May have died a few days earlier but the 10th seems to be the official date). A.I.F Burial Ground, Flers XI.M.3. Probate date 28 Aug 1917 left £95 0s 3d to his father. [124th Brigade, 41st Division: Arrived Bellancourt from Ploegsteert area (24th Aug.). To Ailly-le-haut-Clocher (31st Aug.), Bellancourt (1st Sep.). Arrived "Edgehill Station" (8th Sep.) and from there to Fricourt Camp. Via Montauban to trenches north-east of Delville Wood (15th Sep.) - with 26th Battalion took part in attack {Battle of Flers-Courcellete - attacking North from northern edge of Delville Wood towards the village of Flers}. Casualties 293. To Edgehill Station (18th Sep.), Pommiers Redoubt (3rd Oct.), Gird Lines (4th Oct.). Attack on Bayonet Trench (7th Oct.). To Mametz Wood (11th Oct.).]
