TETHER John Thomas

  • First Name(s):
    John 
    Thomas 
  • Surname:
    TETHER
  • Service Number:
    115061
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Engineers
  • Corps:
    Corps of Royal Engineers
  • Regiment:
    Royal Engineers
  • Battalion:
    4th Labour Battalion
  • Unit:
    A Company
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    17th March 1917
  • Age At Death:
    49
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension, France, Grave A. 1B.
  • Place of Birth:
    Stambermill, Worcestershire, resident Stourbridge, Worcestershire, enlisted Westminster, Middlesex
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Joseph Henry and Ann Maria Tether, of Stambermill near Stourbridge; husband of Sarah Tether, of Stourbridge, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

TETHER John Thomas Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge St John’s Church
Stourbridge St John’s School now in Stourbridge St John’s Church
Stourbridge War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Stourbridge St John’s School now in Stourbridge St John’s Church, surname spelt Tether. Stourbridge St John’s Church, surname spelt Tethers. Stourbridge War Memorial, surname spelt Tether.

Further Information About TETHER John Thomas

John Tether had worked for Jones and Attwood for a number of years and he volunteered in August 1915.  He was posted to the Royal Engineers and was serving during 1917 in A Company of the 4th Labour Battalion.  At some point on the Ypres front he was seriously wounded and sent to a military hospital at Rouen where he died of his wounds.  He had two sons and a son-in-law, as well as two brothers, serving overseas.

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Credits: Researched by the Black Country Society.