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Thomas Foley

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Thomas's Pension Record (image courtesy of Gary Thomson)

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: S/43135
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 9th Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 22
  • Date of Death: 23/08/1917
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Tyne Cot Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 94 to 96.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 57 Carnegie Street, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Ann Foley, 57 Carnegie St, Dundee

  • Father:

    Thomas Foley, 57 Carnegie St, Dundee

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about Thomas Foley

Thomas has no known grave but is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

Thomas Foley   S/43135    Black Watch

FOLEY___Killed in action, on the 23rd Of August, 1917, 43135 Pte. Thomas Foley, Black Watch, aged 22 Years. Inserted by his widowed mother, brothers and sisters, 57 Carnegie Street, Dundee.

Dundee People’s Journal 15th September 1917

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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