BAYLIS Thomas Forbes

  • First Name(s):
    Thomas 
    Forbes 
  • Surname:
    BAYLIS
  • Service Number:
    4521
  • Rank:

    Second Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich)
  • Battalion:
    20th Battalion
  • Unit:
    Posted to 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    14th July 1917
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave III. L. 15.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Frank Edwin and Annie Baylis, of Chalfont, Christchurch Rd. Great Malvern

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

BAYLIS Thomas Forbes Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester Baptist Church Sansome Walk WW1 Memorial
Worcester Guildhall
Worcester Royal Grammar School
Worcester St Matthew’s Church

Further Information About BAYLIS Thomas Forbes

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

Thomas Baylis was the youngest son of Frank & Annie Baylis who had moved from “Bevercotes”, Worcester to Great Malvern.  He attended Worcester Royal Grammar School from 1905 – 1911.  A native of Worcester, he was reported as killed in action in the Ypres Sector during the Passchendaele offensive.

Source for additional information: In Dedication to a Future World by Mark Rogers, 1999

A photograph of Second Lieutenant T.F. Baylis can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 21st July 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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