Age: 52
Sex: male
Date: 9 Aug 1923
Place: Spion Kop, Higham Hill Road, Walthamstow, London
Thomas Saban died from a gunshot received on his allotment at Spion Kop.
He kept a gun on his allotment and on the 9 August 1923, a Thursday, he staggered from his allotment to a nearby coffee stall in Higham Hill Road, with a wound to his face and cried out Oh, missus, what shall I do', and then collapsed. He was taken to Whipps Cross Hospital but died later that evening.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Western Gazette - Friday 17 August 1923
see Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 15 August 1923
see Dundee Courier - Wednesday 15 August 1923
see Leeds Mercury - Tuesday 14 August 1923
see Unsolved 1923
