CORFIELD Thomas

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

The birth of Thomas Corfield is registered in the September Quarter 1887 under the Stourbridge Registration District.

1911 Census
84 Enville Street, Stourbridge
William Corfield, head, age 59, Blacksmith, born Stourbridge, Worcestershire
Emma Corfield, wife, age 60, married 37 years, 12 children, 6 still living, 6 dies, born Stourbridge, Worcestershire
Thomas Corfield, son, age 23, Leather dresser, born Stourbridge, Worcestershire
Beatrice Corfield, daughter, age 18, General Servant Domestic
Bruce Corfield, son, age 16, Wooden box maker, born Stourbridge, Worcestershire

Thomas Corfield enlisted in the artillery and was attached as a Driver to the 5th Brigade Ammunition Column of the Royal Horse Artillery. The 5th Brigade was in the 2nd Division which was engaged in almost every phase of the 1918 battles. In the Advance to Victory it was at Bapaume on the 21st August, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line in September and the Battle of the Selle from 23-25 October. Driver Corfield could have been wounded in any of these phases of the campaign and then sent home to a military hospital at Pontypool. He died after victory had been achieved on the 18th November 1918 and is buried at Pontypool (Panteg) Cemetery. He is commemorated on the Stourbridge, St. Thomas’s church and Methodist church Memorials.