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Grave of Thomas Shortman

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SubjectShortman, Thomas James
TitleGrave of Thomas Shortman
NotesPhotocopy of photograph of the grave, not sure who in the family has the original. Buried at Thistle Dump Cemetary, High Wood, Longueval.

Editor's Comment:
Pte. 17482 Thomas James Shortman, 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry, killed in action 1st July 1916, aged 44. The husband of Clara Ann Shortman, of 14, Dapps Hill, Keynsham, Bristol. The 1st Bn., as part of the 4th Division, attacked between the villages of Serre and Beaumont Hamel on the first day of the Batlle of the Somme.
Item Date1923 - 1930
Creation placeLongueval, France
File typeImage
Item sourcePhotograph
Item mediumPaper
ContentPhotograph
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_3381_P1000372.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameJane Bradley
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4813