THOMAS Joseph Charles

  • First Name(s):
    Joseph 
    Charles 
  • Surname:
    THOMAS
  • Service Number:
    147596
  • Rank:

    Sapper

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Engineers
  • Corps:
    Corps of Royal Engineers
  • Regiment:
    Royal Engineers
  • Unit:
    176th Tunnelling Company
  • Former Units:
    Formerly 9461, Worcestershire Regiment.
  • Date of Death:
    3rd June 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Loos Memorial, France, Panel 4 and 5.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born Pershore, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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THOMAS Joseph Charles Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester St Stephen’s Church

Further Information About THOMAS Joseph Charles

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

The birth of Joseph Charles Thomas is registered in the June Quarter 1886 under the Pershore Registration District.

The following information has been researched by Geoff Hill:
The 176th Tunnelling Company was one of the tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers created by the British Army during World War I. The tunnelling units were occupied in offensive and defensive mining involving the placing and maintaining of mines under enemy lines, as well as other underground work such as the construction of deep dugouts for troop accommodation, the digging of subways, saps (a narrow trench dug to approach enemy trenches), cable trenches and underground chambers for signals and medical services. In April 1916, the 176th Tunnelling Company moved to Neuville-Saint-Vaast near Vimy in northern France, where it remained for a considerable time.

Joseph Thomas has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Loos Memorial.

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