The Fallen of the Glossop Area.

HEAP, T.

Heap, Thomas, Private, 34676, 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Regiment
Born Glossop, Derbyshire
Enlisted Featherston, New Zealand
Resided St. Andrew's, New Zealand
Killed in action 14th August 1918 aged 28
Buried in Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, II, E, 4

1911 Census
A bleachworks stenter frame pinner
Son of Mary Heap, of 8, Castle Hill, Glossop, Derbyshire

New Zealand Army Service records information:
Thomas was born in Glossop, Derbyshire, on the 28th December, 1890. He enlisted at Featherston, New Zealand, 24th August 1916, stating his occupation as a ploughman, his address as St. Andrew's, New Zealand, and his next of kin as Mary Heap, of 8, Castle Hill, Glossop, Derbyshire.
He was five feet six and a half inches in height, had a fair complexion, grey eyes and brown hair, and he belonged to the Church of England.

Commemorated on the memorial at: Glossop and Glossop - All Saints Parish Church.

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