17197 Pte Thomas Grossart, 1st Bn, HLI

17197 Private Thomas Grossart of the 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, died on the 25th October 1918. He was killed in action.

Thomas was born in Symington, Lanarkshire, and was living there when he enlisted. He joined up at Biggar.

Thomas died in the operations in Mesopotamia and has no known grave. He is commemorated by name on the Basra Memorial in Iraq.

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

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission