27947 Pte George Henry Tombs, 3rd Bn, Worcestershire Regt

452 British officers and other ranks died on the 26th November 1917. 27947 Private George Henry Tombs of the 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment died of wounds on this day. He was the son of Walter and Harriett Tombs, of Bishampton, Worcestershire and the husband of Annie Tombs, of Inkberrow, Worcs.

George's number suggests that he joined the Worcestershire Regiment in January 1916. He is buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War