FIRST MAN KILLED IN ACTION
.jlA —Oxtu . ‘ ' FRENCH- TRIBUTE.; l LONDON,?January li;o ,rThe first British: soldlei* killed' in s action:.in Thomas --William.Friday, -elder? Son of 'Mr and Mrs Allan Priday, The Gi'AVd& PUsf Jtedmarley,..near-Ledbury, Here-fordshire.,-.::7 : o i > • ’ He wasikilled on- December 9' while leading a pa'trol;i Cph Bridal’s parents'' .have received a letter from his commanding officer stating that their son -was buried with full military honours in., a military cemetery in a French village. ' The French general in charge of the division attended his funeral in person, and also sent a detachment of. a crack French regiment, j .The general told Cpl. Friday’s com;maiiding officer, that-he had come because it was the funeral of the first British soldier to die for France.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 February 1940, Page 8
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