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Pte. Thomas Grainger

British Army 10th Btn. Notts and Derby Regiment

from:Longton,Staffs

I never knew my Grandfather, Thomas Grainger. He was shot in the chest during the attack by 10th Sherwoods on Quadrilateral Support Trench in Mametz Wood on 7th July 1916. He survived but was discharged as 'No Longer Fit for War Service' on 21st Nov 1917. Nor was he able to take up his pre-war work as a coal-miner. He was given a surface job at the Globe Colliery in Fenton,Stoke-on-Trent.

Following a series of wound-related chest problems he died on 17th May 1923. My Grandmother fought to have his name added to the Fallen of Longton, and so he is commemorated on The War Memorial, Longton.

Longton War Memorial



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