HADFIELD,+T.

Hadfield, Tom, Private, 148009, 78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Born Glossop, Derbyshire Enlisted Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Killed in action 9th April 1917 aged 33 Commemorated on the Vimy Memorial

1911 Census A paper stainer Son of William Hyde Hadfield, a commission agent, and Elizabeth Hyde Hadfield, of 54, Gladstone Street, Glossop, Derbyshire

Canadian Army Service records information: Tom was born in Glossop, Derbyshire, on the 7th August, 1885. He enlisted in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2nd August, 1915 stating his occupation as a railwayman, and his next of kin as his father, William Hadfield, of 73, High Street East, Glossop. He had previously served with the 100th Winnipeg Grenadiers. He was five feet three inches in height, had a fair complexion, blue eyes and brown hair, and he belonged to the Church of England.
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