Informations sur naissance

Année de naissance:
1884
Lieu de naissance:
Northampton, Northamptonshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Informations générales

Profession:
Cordonnier

Informations service militaire

Pays:
Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Force armée:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Numéro de service:
31008
Incorporation nom de lieu:
Northampton, Northamptonshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Unités:
 —  Northamptonshire Regiment, 6th Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
10/08/1917
Lieu de décès:
Jargon Trench, Glencorse Wood, Belgique
Cause du décès:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Âge:
33

Mémorial

Distinctions et médailles 2

British War Medal
Médaille
Victory Medal
Médaille

Points d'intérêt 2

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Mon histoire

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.

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"Passchendaele The Day-by-Day Account", McCarthy C., Uniform, 2018, page 44 - 46
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Ancestry
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/905925/marlow,-thomas/#&gid=null&pid=1
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The long long trail
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/
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War Diary
http://www.nmarchive.com/view-diary/in-the-line/2044-1912/1085014/page/195
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