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Private Thomas Bryson

 

Bryson 1

 

Private Thomas Bryson, V Corps Cyclist (North Irish Horse) Regiment, Service Nos 613 (NIH), 71045 (Corps of Hussars). Born Carrigallen, Leitrim. Enlisted Cavan. Residence Newtowngore, County Leitrim. Son of Francis W. and Penny Bryson of Newtowngore. Embarked for France on 17 August 1914 as part of A Squadron North Irish Horse. Killed in action on 21 August 1918, aged 28. Buried at Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas-de-Calais, France, grave IV.E.17. Gravestone inscription reads:

71045 PRIVATE

T. BRYSON

NORTH IRISH HORSE

21ST AUGUST 1918

 

The body of Private Bryson was recovered in November 1919 from a burial site just north of Grandcourt and the Ancre River (map ref. 57d.R.2.d.0.9). He was then moved to the Queens Cemetery. (See Burial Return form below.) He lies next to an unidentified North Irish Horseman whose body was recovered nearby.

 

Bryson 2

 

Bryson 3

 

Image 1 kindly provided by Richard Evans. See his website Nelson, Glamorgan and the Great War http://www.nelson-ww1-memorial.org.uk. Image 2 and the Burial Return kindly provided by Peter Woodger.