SEARS, Thomas Henry
| Service Number: | 2447 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lambley, Nottinghamshire, England, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Helidon, Lockyer Valley, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31 , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2447, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2447, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 2447, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2447 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-06-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was the son of Thomas and Sarah Sears of 43 Duncombe Street, St Ann's, Nottingham.
Births Sep 1895 Sears Thomas Henry Basford 7b 263
Lambley is an English village and civil parish near Nottingham, England, hardly touched by urbanisation, as it lies in a green belt. It is situated in a shallow valley, close to the floodplain of the River Trent. It also lies adjacent to Gedling, a suburb of Nottingham, but still retains the air of an archetypal English village.
1901 census
Thomas Sears Head 37 Lambley, Nottinghamshire
Sarah Sears Wife 31 Lambley, Nottinghamshire
Richard Sears Brother 21 Lambley, Nottinghamshire
Hannah Sears Daughter 13 Lambley, Nottinghamshire
Elizabeth Sears Daughter 7 Lambley, Nottinghamshire
Thomas Henry Sears Son 6 Lambley, Nottinghamshire
William Sears Son 3 Nottingham
Edgar Sears Son 1 Nottingham
1911 census
Thomas Sears Head 47 Lambley, Nottinghamshire
Sarah Sears Wife 47 Lambley, Nottinghamshire
Elizabeth Ann Sears Daughter 17 Lambley, Nottinghamshire
Thomas Henry Sears Son 15 Lambley, Nottinghamshire
William Sears Son 13 Nottingham,
Edgar Sears Son 11 Nottingham,
Ernest Sears Son 5 Nottingham,
In 1911 he was an errand boy for a paper merchant.
He is remembered on the St Ann's Nottingham - Parish and Congregation War Memorial as Sears H.
On Sunday 19th June 1921, according to the Nottingham Evening Post a day later, ‘the church of St Ann’s, Nottingham, was filled to its utmost capacity... when a crowded congregation gathered to acknowledge the debt due to the 300 (sic) men of the parish who gave their lives in the defence of their country during the war, and to take part in the ceremony (led by municipal leaders and clergy) of unveiling a handsome memorial of oak panelling which has been erected round the chancel.’
This report, confirms that St Ann’s officially recorded Great War fatalities as 301 rather than 387 cited on the 1921 St Mary’s, Lace Market plaque. The remainder it seems were allocated to a separate memorial, standing at the junction of Woodthorpe Drive and Plains Road, Mapperley, for the parish of St Jude (since 1877 a daughter church of St Ann).
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