Source: Thanks to a cefsearch.ca post for this source. Please go to the link for more information on this soldier.
Family Search: When Private Thomas Michael Flanagan was born on 29 June 1890, in Kingston Township, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Thomas Flanagan, was 25 and his mother, Mary Ann Johnson, was 24. He lived in Ontario, Canada in 1890 and Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1916, his occupation is listed as sailor. He died on 2 January 1916, in Bailleul-Sud-Ouest, Arrondissement of Dunkirk, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 25, and was buried in Bailleul, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
This soldier originally attested with the 18th Battalion but was transferred to the 21st Battalion on his own request.
London Advertiser. March 29, 1916. Page 12.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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