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Birth- 30 Apr 1920
Keighley, West Yorkshire, England
1939 - 1945World War II- Age: 20 years
Served For
United Kingdom
Conflict Period
World War II
Battalion
8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (8DWR), an infantry unit that was converted to operate Churchill tanks as part of the Royal Armoured Corps (RAC).
Service Start Date
1940
Served In
transferred to 9th Battalion, a tank regiment, and sailed to India
Served first with
Tom joined the 8th Battalion of The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, with whom he was sent to Cornwall to defend the coast as the threat of a German invasion loomed.
Stationed
stationed in India and Burma, now called Myanmar
Death- 2 Feb 2021
2021
Coronavirus
2 Feb 2021
Bedford Hospital, Bedfordshire, England
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