Name
Thomas Benjamin Gorman
14 August 1899
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/08/1918
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
295693
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
2nd/4th (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
V. E. 8.
France
Headstone Inscription
SWEETEST THOUGHTS WILL EVER LINGER ROUND THE SPOT WHERE HE IS LAID
UK & Other Memorials
GB Kent & Sons (Kent Brushes) Memorial, Apsley,
Not on Hemel Hempstead Town Memorial
Pre War
Thomas Benjamin Gorman was born on 14 August 1899 in Bow, London, the son of Thomas and Florence Gorman, and baptised at St Stephen, Tredegar Road, Bow on 13 March 1901.
On the 1901 Census, the family were living at 36 Mostyn Road, St Mary Stratford, Bow, where his father was a Travelling Bag Maker. By 1911 they had moved to 3 Halidon Street, Lower Clapton, London, and his father was now a Musician in the variety theatre. Thomas was at school.
He was working as Kent's Brushes in Apsley, Hemel Hempstead prior to enlistment.
Wartime Service
Thomas enlisted in Hackney and served with the 2nd/4th (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers).
He died of wounds received in action on 10 August 1918, probably during the Battle of Amiens, and is buried in Vignacourt British Cemetery in France.
Additional Information
His mother, Mrs Florence Gorman, 24 Electric Avenue, Westcliff-on -Sea, ordered his headstone inscription: "SWEETEST THOUGHTS WILL EVER LINGER ROUND THE SPOT WHERE HE IS LAID".
His father received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £5 2s 8d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
hemelatwar.org
