Thomas Ferris (1873 - 1915)

Born Jun 1873 in Bath, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Husband of Florence Susannah (Townsend) Emanuel — married Sep 1899 (to 1915) in Camberwell, Southwark, London, England

Died 25 Nov 1915 at age 42 in Field of Battle, France

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1873. He was the son of Edwin Ferris and Sophia Keel. In 1899 he married Florence Susannah Townsend. The couple settled in West London, and had a butcher's shop at 134 Chiswick High Road. All went well till 1914, when Thomas felt himself obliged, at the age of 41, to enlist in the Wiltshire Regiment and to go to fight the Kaiser.

Nothing more is heard of him, but a grave in NE France, in a spot called Windy Corner, is probably his.

Wikipedia states: ""Nearly 5,000 officers and other ranks of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) had been killed in action or died of wounds sustained during the Great War. 60 battle honours were awarded to the regiment, along with numerous awards for bravery, including a VC."

Thomas probably died in some lesser action following the Battle of Loos.

Sources

• Research by Richard Oliver
• GRO INDEX : Births Jun 1873 Ferris Thomas Bath 5c 651
• GRO INDEX : Marriages Sep 1899 Ferris Thomas & TOWNSEND Florence Susannah Camberwell 1d 1550
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt Of Honour : T FERRIS, No. 18756, Private, 2nd Btn. Wiltshire Regiment, died 25 Nov 1915, France, Memorial in Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France