Basic Details
Surname
Essam
Forenames
Thomas William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Essom
Served or died
Died
Service number
111668
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 23 High Street, Old Fletton. It misrecords his surname as Essam; it was actually Essom.

(N.B. The Roll is known to include numerous errors, including: misspelt names and inaccurate date/place of death, service number/ rank/ military unit etc; several casualties were mistakenly listed on it twice [i.e. under their true name and also the alias under which they served]; several other men were listed on it due to the mistaken belief they had died, whereas they had actually survived).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Tank Corps
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Gunner
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not stated
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Etretat
Cemetery
Not stated
Year of death
1917
Month of death
December
Day of death
18
Manner of death as stated
"Died of wounds 18th Dec. 1917 at No1 General Hospital and buried at Etretat"
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds