Biography of Private Thomas Wand (21543)
2nd/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Formerly 7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 6th December 1917

Soldier

  • Name: Thomas Wand
  • Date of birth: 1894
  • Place of Birth: Dunsby, Lincolnshire, England
  • Date of Birth Registration: June – September 1894
  • Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

Father

  • Name: John Joseph wand
  • DOB: 1872
  • Place of Birth: Morton, Lincolnshire, England
  • Occupation: Farm labourer

Mother

  • Name: Mary Ann Grange Vickers
  • DOB: 1892
  • Place Of Birth: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
  • Marriage: 1891 Bourne District

Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

  • George William Wand, 1891, Bulby
  • Beatrice Wand, 1892, Bulby (Twin with Gertie)
  • Gertie Wand, 1892, Bulby (Died 1894) (Twin with Beatrice)
  • Sarah Elizabeth Wand, 1894, Dunsby (Twin with Thomas)
  • Thomas Wand, 1894, Dunsby (Twin with Sarah)
  • Gertrude Wand, 1896, Dunsby
  • Eliza Wand, 1897, Dunsby
  • Lily Wand, 1900, Dunsby
  • Harry Wand, 1902, Dunsby
  • Charles Robert Wand, 1904, Dunsby
  • Annie May Wand, 1907, Dunsby
  • Emily Wand, 1908, Dunsby
  • Ethel Wand, 1911, Dunsby
  • Edith Wand, 1913, Dunsby
  • Plus 1 more whose name are unknown from 1911 census.

Census

  • 1901: Thomas is living with his parents in Dunsby, Lincolnshire.
  • 1911: Thomas is living with the Haresign family in Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. The census gives him an age of 17 and he is listed as a horseman on farm.
Relatives in services

  • None found

Marriage

  • No marriage for Thomas has been found and because of his age we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.

Newspaper Mentions

  • Sheffield Daily Telegraph Friday 11th January 1918
    KILLED
    LINCOLNS
    Wand (21543), T. (Dunsby)

 

  • War Office Weekly Casualty List January 15th 1918
    KILLED
    LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT
    Wand 21543 T. (Dunsby)

Military Records

Attestation Papers

  • None found

Soldier’s Died In The Great War

  • These records show that Private Thomas Wand, 21543, 5th  Bn Lincolnshire Regiment was killed in action on 6th December 1917 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.

Pension Records

  • Available

Effects Left To

  • Father John J

Medals

  • The British Medal
  • The Victory Medal

Memorials

  • UK:
  • Dunsby, Roll of Honour in All Saints Church

 

  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
  • In memory of Private T Wand, 21543, 2nd/5th Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment who died on 6 December 1917
  • Son of Mr. J. J. Wand, of Dunsby Fen, Bourne, Lincs.
  • Remembered with honour, Orival Wood Cemetery, Flesquieres
  • Grave II. C. 7.

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

Military Service Timeline

  • Enlisted in Bourne.

 

  • This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed

Sources

  • WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
  • British Newspaper Archive.
  • Fold 3
  • Find My Past
  • Genealogist
  • Forces War Records
  • British Army Service Numbers
  • War Gratuity Calculator
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • National Archives – Battalion War Diaries
  • General Registry Office