Pte 3829/201293 Thomas Bispham

[Tim Bell]

Pte Bispham served with 1/5th Bttn and disembarked Gallipoli 28/10/1915.  He was disembodied no SWB on 27/1/1919.
Thomas died from Pneumonia on 23/11/1919.
Widow Margaret, 79 Lime St, off Greenough St, Wigan. Pension refused.
age 45
buried wigan cemetery.M.CE.114

[Tim Bell]

PaulC has found that Thomas Bispham public grave is in an area of long grass at Wigan Cemetery and probably has no headstone.  There is a row of @ 10 CWGC Special Memorials behing the public plot "Buried near this spot".  If these men have identified plots with Special Memorials nearby, I think it's probably best for Thomas to have the same if we gain the evidence for commemoration.

[mack]

i doubt wether thomas will be eligible,he died of a short term sickness 10 months after demob,its a shame because he needs a headstone

mack

[PaulC]

Thomas Bispham is recorded in the Grave Registration Reports for Wigan Cemetery, struck out with the note "not a war grave". See documents for the following casualty;

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/3066469/harold-baxendale/