10167 PTE J.T.OLD WILTS.R.
John Thomas Old
Born Sunderland, the son of Thomas & Elizabeth Old
To France 2/4/15 & served with 1st Wiltshire Regiment
Missing & Officially KIA F&F 27/5/18 during heavy German gas bombardment & battalion rear-guard action at Guyencourt, France on first day of Operation Blücher-Yorck,Third Battle of the Aisne
Note: Cpl Talbot Greaves Mohan, 1st Wiltshire Regt records his eye-witness account of this 1918 battle in 'My War Diary' - Click here
Commemorated on the Soissons Memorial, France
With copy of his Medal Index Card, SDGW & CWGC details plus War Diary transcript of this action & supporting documentation
Condition: NEF
