Lieutenant Thomas Leo Golden
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
MILITARY INFORMATION
- Lieutenant (British Army).
- Trooper (Army).
- Trooper (Army).
RESEARCH INFORMATION
From Letters from the Front, Imperial Bank of Canada
Joined 19th Alberta Dragoons in Edmonton, Alberta but ended up in Lord Strathcona's Horse at Valcartier, Quebec.Born 5th January, 1893, at Donaghmore, Queen's County, Ireland. Father, John Daunt Golden (deceased). Educated at St. Joseph's College, Dumfries, Scotland. Matriculated at Glasgow University, 1909. Entered the service of the Bank, 13th September, 1911. Enlisted, 12th August, 1914, from Wetaskiwin branch, in Lord Strathcona's Horse (R.C.), with the rank of Trooper. Transferred to Royal Field Artillery, 28th October, 1917. Promoted Lance-Corporal, 26th May, 1915; Corporal, 12th October, 1915; Sergeant, 1st July, 1916; Second Lieutenant, 28th October, 1917; Lieutenant, December, 1918. Principal actions : Festubert, Givenchy, 1915; Somme, 1916; Equancourt, Guyencourt, Saulcourt, 1917; St. Quentin (German Advance), 21st March, 1918. Wounded (gun shot), in the leg, 23rd May, 1915; gun shot wound in the left leg and head, 9th May, 1918. Demobilized, 19th July, 1919. Returned to duty with the Bank, 25th July, 1919.
NOTE : During the initial stages of the German Advance on the morning of 21st March, 1918, Lieutenant Golden and his battery were surrounded by the enemy during the heavy fog that prevailed, before they were aware of the magnitude of the advance.
The battery, which had been firing at a slow rate, was ordered to cease fire, and the gun crews were instructed to proceed to the enemy lines as prisoners of war. Lieutenant Golden and his party, under cover of the dense fog, managed to evade their escort, and made their way through to the British lines without mishap.