136366 Sgt Thomas Munro Niven, Res Coy, Canadian Engineers.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland on 17 August 1888, Thomas was a butcher by trade (although he was working as a gardener at the time of his enlistment). After emigrating to Canada, he settled in Toronto and enlisted into the Canadian Army on 27 August 1915 (74th Overseas Bn CEF). Thomas was intermittently sick after arriving in the UK and was admitted into hospital where he died on 14 December 1916. He is now buried in Craigton Cemetery in his birth city of Glasgow.
14 December 1916
Research by David O'Mara, Croonaert Research Services.
