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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Thomas Harold Long
Regimental Number:
734305
Rank:
Private
Service:
112th Battalion/25th Battalion
Date of Birth:
August 27, 1896
Place of Birth:
Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
Trade or Calling:
Plumber
Marital Status:
Single
Date of Enlistment:
March 13, 1916
Place of Enlistment:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Address at Enlistment:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Age at Enlistment:
19
Height:
5 Feet 7 Inches
Complexion:
Fair
Eye Colour:
Brown
Hair Colour
Black
Martial Status:
Single
Trade:
Plumber
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Next of Kin:
Elizabeth Long (Mother) Yarmouth, NS
Date of Death:
April 29, 1917
Age at Death:
20
Cemetery:
Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Commemorated on Page 276 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on June 18
Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 112th Battalion.
Private Thomas Long was the son of the late Capt. Thomas and Elizabeth (Glendenning) Long, of
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
He embarked Canada at Halifax on the SS Olympic on July 23, 1916 and disembarked in England on July
July 31, 1916. At Bramshott Camp he was transferred from the 112th Battalion to the 25th Battalion
for service in France. He arrived in France on November 29, 1916 and joined the 25th Battalion on
December 3, 1916.
Private Long was killed in action on April 29, 1917 in
the battle for Arleux-en-Gohelle, to the east of Vimy
Ridge. He was instantly killed by a bullet fired by an
enemy sniper as he was coming out of a dugout in a
blown down trench at the Arleux loop, Arleux-en-
Gohelle.
Thomas Harold Long
Memorial: Our Lady of Calvary Cemetery
of Private Thomas Harold Long's family
stone.
