Basic Details
Surname
Gruby
Forenames
T W
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Thomas William
Served or died
Died
Notes
Entered College in Michaelmas Term, 1911. A member of the University Contingent of the Officers’ Training Corps. 3rd History, 1914; B.A., 1915. Assistant Master at the Preparatory School in Bakewell, 1914. Commenced service on August 26th 1915. Second Lieutenant of the 8th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment. Served in France. Died on July 19 1916 of wounds received in action during the Battle of the Somme on 8 July. CWGC confirm his place of burial.
Primary Service
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Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Etaples
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Etaples
Cemetery
Military Cemetery
Year of death
1916
Month of death
July
Day of death
19
Age at death
22
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds