Thomas H. Bashton, KX/145
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Details of Thomas' story are contained within the main body of the text and the Timeline of this website. Below are more recent findings from Thomas' service:
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Thomas was wounded at Bully Grenay by trench mortar shrapnel on 11th August 1916. It is now possible to say that this was inflicited by the recently introduced Wurfgranate-16 and that five others were also wounded. Source: Howe Btn. Diary
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| During September '17 the 176th Tunnelling Company was largely employed constructing deep dugouts both on the frontline and for the artillery positions behind in the Gavrelle-Oppy sector. In addition, other units of the Company were digging trenches for the laying of cables and water supply to the front line and the construction of machine-gun emplacements |
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On 19th March '17, whilst suffering from Trench Fever, the records of the 11th Casaulty Clearing Station show Thomas as being placed on the sick convoy.
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Major Actions
| 1914 | Siege of Antwerp |
| 1915 | Gallipoli Landings |
| Second Battle of Krithia |
| Third Battle of Krithia |
| 1917 | Actions of Miraumont |
| Second Battle of Passchendaele |
| 1918 | Battle of Albert |
| Battle of Drocourt-Queant |
| Battle of the Canal du Nord |
| Battle of Cambrai |
| Passage of the Grand Honelle |
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Thomas Bashton |