Prime, Thomas B. F.
survey sheet - handwritten

 

 

On front of survey sheet (recto):

Date of Enlistment: Aug. 10, 1915
Military Camps to which went:
* Rockcliffe, Ottawa, Canada
Units to which belonged:
* 47 Battalion, Co. A English, 3rd Div.
Date of trip overseas: June 7, 1916
Service there:
* June 17 to Oct 23, 1916
* Ypres, Somme Sector
* Courcelette battle,
* killed Oct, 23, 1916
Date of return: --
Date of demobilization: --
Honors received: --

On back of survey sheet (verso):

"Signaller in the Boer War - in
which he served 1 1/2 yrs.
Discharged July 5, 1901

 

 

NOTES
Boer War, 1899-1902 (AngloBoerWar.com)
http://www.angloboerwar.com/boer-war

Corps History (The Royal Signals Museum)
oyalsignalsmuseum.co.uk/WebSite/index.php/royal-signals-history/2011-10-26-23-11-03/corps-history

A History of the Rockcliffe Airport Site: Home of the National Aviation
Museum, Ottawa, Canada (The Museum)
http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/assets/pdf/e_Rockcliffe.pdf

3rd Division in 1914-1918 (The Long, Long Tail: The British Army in the
Great War)
http://www.1914-1918.net/3div.htm

The Battle of Courcelette (September 15, 1916) (The Memory Project)
http://www.thememoryproject.com/news/156:the-battle-of-courcelette-september-15-1916/