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Tom Frederick Perry

Informatie over geboorte

Geboortedatum:
24/07/1888
Geboorteplaats:
Hull, Kingston upon Hull, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Algemene Informatie

Beroep:
Veeteler

Informatie legerdienst

Land:
Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Strijdmacht:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Service nummer:
202573
Dienstneming plaats:
Hull, Kingston upon Hull, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Eenheden:
 —  Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 10th Bn.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Informatie over overlijden

Datum van overlijden:
04/10/1917
Plaats van overlijden:
Reutel, Beselare, Belgiƫ
Doodsoorzaak:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Leeftijd:
29

Begraafplaats

Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood
Plot: XXIV
Rij: A
Graf: 2

Points of interest 3

#1 Geboorteplaats
#2 Dienstneming plaats
#3 Plaats van overlijden (bij benadering)

Mijn verhaal

Private Tom Frederick Perry served in the Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 10th Battalion, part of the 62nd Brigade, of the 21st Division.
The 21st Division participated in the Battle of Broodseinde on the 4th of October. It had to attack the high grounds near Reutel from positions at the eastern outskirts of Polygon Wood. While moving up to the frontline the 10th Yorkshires came under heavy shell fire in Glencorse Wood. As a result the Battalion lost touch with the 12th/13th Northumberland Fusiliers, which accompanied them to the frontline. While moving on they were shelled again, now at Black Watch Corner.
The frequent shelling had held up the Battalion and had been replaced by the 1st Lincolnshire Regiment in the line. Consequently the 10th Yorkshires had become the reserve Battalion in front of Polygon Wood.
At zero hour, 6 a.m. the German artillery put down another barrage in front of the Polygon Wood. The 10th Yorkshires had now been under heavy shell fire almost uninterruptedly from 9 p.m. on the 3rd till 6 a.m. on the 4th. During the day the shelling continued unceasingly and casualties kept stacking up.
When darkness finally fell the battered Battalion used the cover of darkness to move forward. They consolidated positions close to the old frontline at Juniper Trench near Jetty Wood. At 4 a.m. on the following morning the German artillery put down another barrage on the new front line and on Polygon Wood. Conditions in the trenches was bad and the shelling remained consistent, until the Battalion was finally relieved just before midnight on the 7th of October.
Losses had been very heavy. One officer and 74 other ranks were killed while ten officers and 249 men were wounded or went missing. Private Tom Frederick Perry was killed on the following day. He was initially buried near Juniper trench, between joist Farm and Juniper Cottage. Private Tom Frederick Perry was possibly killed on the 5th of October 1917 while moving up or while consolidating Juniper Trench. His remains were exhumed after the war and interred in Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood.

Bestanden 1

Bronnen 6

"The Green Howards in the Great War", Wylly C.B., Richmond, Richmond Yorkshire, 1926, pg. 345-347.
Gebruikte bronnen
"The Third Ypres Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account", McCarthy C., London, Arms & Armour Press, 1995, pg. 98-100.
Gebruikte bronnen
Ancestry
http://home.ancestry.co.uk/
Verdere verwijzing
CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/
Gebruikte bronnen
The Long, Long Trail
http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/
Gebruikte bronnen
War Diary Yorkshire Regiment 10th Bn.
http://www.nmarchive.com/
Verdere verwijzing