Private Thomas Price, 117027
- Batt - 34
- Unit - Machine Gun Corps
- Section -
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 31/08/1918
- Age - 28
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Fred and Sarah Price, and the husband of M. J. Price.
Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. Coalville Times article - Friday October 11th, 1918
LOCAL CASUALTIES
Mrs Price, of 11, Hermitage Road, Whitwick, has been officially notified that her husband, Pte. Thomas Price, of the Machine Gun Corps, was killed in action on August 31st. He was 27 years of age and joined the Colours in May, 1917. The widow is left with one child.
Research undertaken and submitted by Andy Murby 14/6/2018
- Conflict - World War I
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Place - V B 27, La Clytte Military Cemetery
- Other Memorials - Coalville War Memorial Clock Tower
- Unit - Machine Gun Corps
- Former Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - La Clytte Mil. Cem., Reninghelst, Belgium
- Born - Shepshed, Leics
- Enlisted - Coalville, Leics
- Place of Residence - Alma Villas, 45 Hermitage Road, Whitwick, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHYRD. MEM., WHITWICK, LEICS
- Memorial - CLOCK TOWER MEM., COALVILLE, LEICS
