PAUL, Thomas

Contay British Cemetery, FranceCredit: Unknown

Private
14th Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

Thomas was born on the 9th of May 1897 in Newport to Christopher & Amelia (nee BARBER) PAUL who were living at 8 Royal Exchange in Newport around the time of Thomas’ death.

Thomas, aged 21, Died of Wounds on the 15th of November 1916 & is buried in the Contay British Cemetery on the Somme in France beneath a Commission Headstone bearing the Family Inscription, chosen by his brother, “DEARLY LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM BUT JESUS LOVES HIM NOW”. He rests alongside 1,132 of his First World War comrades.

Thomas is also remembered on the County & Newport War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.