Private Thomas Herbert Grundy
5991 5th Liverpool Regiment
Killed in Action 8th August 1916, aged 28
Born in St Helens, Lancashire.
Lived at 16 Harling Street
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
Burnley Express 30th August 1916

Son of Peter Grundy, J.P., and Mrs. Grundy, of Rainhill, Lancashire

Burnley News - 9th September 1916

A Popular Colleague
Burnley Soldier Killed Just Before Promotion

The accompanying photograph is that of Private Thos. H. Grundy, of the Liverpool Scottish, who was 28 years of age, single, enlisted in November 1915, prior to which date he had for about three and a half years been in the Land Valuation Department at Burnley, and was exceedingly popular with his colleagues. Although he enlisted as a private, he was about to be given a commission, but volunteered for the Front before his promotion was gazetted. He hailed from Liverpool, but was well-known and held in the highest esteem by many friends in Burnley.