220024 Pte. Thomas Weller British Army 13th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment from:Loosley Row, Bucks Thomas Weller was my grandfather. He enlisted in 1916 aged 31. I presume he was not fit enough for active service as he was posted to a Labour Battalion of the Royal Berkshires. He served with the BEF and was discharged in 1919 in Valenciennes, but there are no further details as I gather. He had four young boys, the oldest being my father, who was 11. The family had always been poor and with even less income, my father had to leave school aged 12, as soon as he reached the required standard, to work on a farm. Grandfather Tom spent the rest of his life as a general labourer and died in 1948, aged 63. As I was only 4 at the time, I have only very vague memories of him.
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