His story
Thomas Day was a farm labourer associated with Brentford, Middlesex. His wife was Mary Day.
He served as a private at the Army Veterinary Corps Depot. His medal record lists service in the Balkans and entitlement to the 1914–15 Star.
He died at the London Hospital, Whitechapel, on 28 August 1915, aged thirty-five, and was buried in Leyton Catholic Cemetery.
Before the war
- Occupation
- Farm Labourer
- Family
- Mary Day - wife
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- SE/5344
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- Depot
Medals and commemoration
- 1914–15 Star
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 28 August 1915
- Age
- 35
- Place of death
- London Hospital, Whitechapel
- Recorded cause
- Haemorrhoids; haemorrhage following an operation
- Cemetery or memorial
- Leyton Catholic Cemetery
- Grave reference
- XI.A. 5. 28.
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Research record number: 41
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Thomas Day”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/day-thomas-se-5344/.
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