Sapper Thomas Stock

Personal Details

• 1991094 Sapper
• Thomas Stock
• 5 Bomb Disposal Section
• Royal Engineers

Son of George Arthur and Catherine Stock of Birmingham. Died on the 23rd September 1940. Aged 25. Buried at Birmingham General Cemetery. Section T. Grave 4. Birmingham General Cemetery. Sapper T. Stock lies in a paupers grave. The cemetery is now disused and cared for by Friends of Birmingham General Cemetery. The ground is made up of sand, in this part of the cemetery each plot had four shafts dug, each of these shafts could take up to one hundred bodies. A central marker was then put up in the middle of the plot. Such a sad resting place.