Thomas Reginald Page

Rank 
Private
Regiment 
Suffolk Regiment
Date of death 
24 October 1918
Age of death 
19
Address 
193 Prospect Road
Woodford Green
Woodford
IG8 7NF
Address source 
1911 Census
Local memorial 
Cemetery / Memorial 
France
Biography 

Born in 1899 at Chigwell, son of Alfred John (Attendant at the Lunatic Asylum) and Edith Elizabeth Page. 1901: With his family at 6 Railway Place, Prospect Road, Woodford Green. His father was working at the Asylum that evening. 1911: A Scholar with his family at 193 Prospect Road, Woodford Green; the family home was later 195 Prospect Road.

He enlisted at Epsom initially serving with the Army Service Corps Motor Transport Section, before being transferred to the Suffolk Regiment.

Thomas Page was Killed in Action, probably during the Battle of Selle which lasted from 17-25 October 1918. The advance began over a 10 mile front south of le Cateau, and some troops were held by intact German wire defences. However they managed to break through and went on to take le Cateau. Fighting was particularly fierce on 18/19 October.

Research by Adrian Lee, Local Historian

Sources:

Ancestry.com