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Thomas A Shand 1905 - 2002

Thomas A Shand of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on January 3, 1905 in Bahamas or Barbados or Bermuda or British Central America or British Honduras or British West Indies or Cayman Islands or Jamaica or Leeward Islands or Tobago or Trinidad or Turks And Caicos Islands or Windward Islands, and died at age 97 years old on January 31, 2002. Thomas Shand was buried at Calverton National Cemetery Section 27 Site 2157 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton.
Thomas A Shand
Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11216
January 3, 1905
Bahamas or Barbados or Bermuda or British Central America or British Honduras or British West Indies or Cayman Islands or Jamaica or Leeward Islands or Tobago or Trinidad or Turks And Caicos Islands or Windward Islands
January 31, 2002
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  • 01/3
    1905

    Birthday

    January 3, 1905
    Birthdate
    Bahamas or Barbados or Bermuda or British Central America or British Honduras or British West Indies or Cayman Islands or Jamaica or Leeward Islands or Tobago or Trinidad or Turks And Caicos Islands or Windward Islands
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Not Yet A Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Kings County, New York United States
  • Early Life & Education

    1 Year Of High School
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii Military serial#: 32429090 Enlisted: August 15, 1942 in Ft Jay Governors Island New York Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Housemen And Yardmen
  • 01/31
    2002

    Death

    January 31, 2002
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    Calverton National Cemetery Section 27 Site 2157 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton, Ny 11933
    Burial location
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In 1905, in the year that Thomas A Shand was born, the Niagara Falls conference was held in Fort Erie, Ontario. Led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, a group of African-American men met in opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement. Booker T. Washington had been calling for policies of accommodation and conciliation and these two men, along with the others who attended the conference, felt that this was accomplishing nothing. The group was the precursor to the NAACP.
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In 1916, Thomas was just 11 years old when the Battle of Verdun was fought from February through December. It was the largest and longest battle of World War I, lasting 303 days. The original estimates were 714,231 casualties - 377,231 French and 337,000 German, an average of 70,000 casualties a month. Current estimates are even larger. The Battle of the Somme was also fought from July through September of the same year. Original estimates were 485,000 British and French casualties and 630,000 German casualties.
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