LOCAL HERO, THOMAS SAVAGE OF ALMA HILL, KIMBERLEY.
Thomas Savage was born in Kimberley in 1899 and lived with his family at 30 Alma Hill . Thomas served with the Sherwood Foresters and would go on to be awarded the decoration of, The Military Medal, for bravery in the field. Thomas lived on Alma Hill with his father Joseph, his mother Sarah, his brother Joseph, and his sister Daisy. Thomas joined up to serve in the Great war in 1916 at the age of 17 as a Private. Attested 19-6-1916, and sent to the Army Reserve, 20-6-1916. with the service number, 46436, serving with the 4th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters. This unit took part in manning coastal defences along the Sunderland coast. Given the new service number of 116436, he was transferred to the 10th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters which mobilized 22-4-1918 for service on the Western Front. The final months of the war saw some of the most fierce fighting of the whole conflict. The 10th Battalion saw action around Arras in 1918. On September 18th they took part in the Battl