Pte
Thomas Marlow
Information about birth
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Year of birth: 1884 |
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Place of birth: Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom |
General information
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Profession: Shoemaker |
Army information
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Country: England, United Kingdom |
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Force: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 31008 |
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Enlistment place: Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom |
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Units: — Northamptonshire Regiment, 6th Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 10/08/1917 |
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Place of death: Jargon Trench, Glencorse Wood, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 33 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: 43 J |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 2
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| #2 | Enlistment place |
My story
Private Thomas Marlow served in the 6th Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment, part of the 54th Brigade, of the 18th Division. Thomas was a shoemaker from Northampton. He was the son of Charles and Ann Marlow.
On 9 August 1917, the 54th Brigade was to capture Glencorse Woodn south of the hamlet of Westhoek, with the 11th Royal Fusiliers on the right and the 7th Bedfordshire Regiment on the left. The 6th Northamptonshire Regiment was assigned to attack with one Company in support of each of the two assaulting Battalions for “Mopping up”, one Company was organised in carrying parties and one Company was detailed for garrisoning and consolidating strong points.
The attack was postponed due to heavy weather and started in the night of 9/10th August 1917. The first advance encountered little resistance. Two Lewis Gunners of the 6th Northamptonshires seeing that an assaulting party on the left was temporarily held by a German machine-gun, rushed the gun and killed the German gunners. The advance was able to continue. Some of the moppers-up directly behind the Royal Fusiliers pushed up to Jargon Support on the southern edge of Clencorse Wood, but the Germans eventually counter-attacked and drove all British Battalions out of Glencorse Wood back into Jargon Trench.
The moppers-up of the 6th Northamptonshires took about 50 prisoners, but wasn’t able to consolidate positions in Gelncorse Wood. Casualties had been high. Twenty-seven other ranks were killed, 123 were wounded and twenty-six men went missing. Among them was 33-year old, Thomas Marlow. He went missing during the attack in Glencorse Wood and is honoured on the Ypres Memorial (Menin Gate) panel 43J.
On 9 August 1917, the 54th Brigade was to capture Glencorse Woodn south of the hamlet of Westhoek, with the 11th Royal Fusiliers on the right and the 7th Bedfordshire Regiment on the left. The 6th Northamptonshire Regiment was assigned to attack with one Company in support of each of the two assaulting Battalions for “Mopping up”, one Company was organised in carrying parties and one Company was detailed for garrisoning and consolidating strong points.
The attack was postponed due to heavy weather and started in the night of 9/10th August 1917. The first advance encountered little resistance. Two Lewis Gunners of the 6th Northamptonshires seeing that an assaulting party on the left was temporarily held by a German machine-gun, rushed the gun and killed the German gunners. The advance was able to continue. Some of the moppers-up directly behind the Royal Fusiliers pushed up to Jargon Support on the southern edge of Clencorse Wood, but the Germans eventually counter-attacked and drove all British Battalions out of Glencorse Wood back into Jargon Trench.
The moppers-up of the 6th Northamptonshires took about 50 prisoners, but wasn’t able to consolidate positions in Gelncorse Wood. Casualties had been high. Twenty-seven other ranks were killed, 123 were wounded and twenty-six men went missing. Among them was 33-year old, Thomas Marlow. He went missing during the attack in Glencorse Wood and is honoured on the Ypres Memorial (Menin Gate) panel 43J.
Sources 5
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"Passchendaele The Day-by-Day Account", McCarthy C., Uniform, 2018, page 44 - 46 Sources used |
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Ancestry https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1543&h=339867&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Axz1&_phstart=successSource Further reference |
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CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/905925/marlow,-thomas/#&gid=null&pid=1 Sources used |
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The long long trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Sources used |
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War Diary http://www.nmarchive.com/view-diary/in-the-line/2044-1912/1085014/page/195 Sources used |