Bamborough David Hylton Thomson L/Cpl 4455573

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Name Bamborough David Hylton Thomson
Army number 4455573
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations
Date of birth 14/8/1920 Gateshead.
Age At the time of his death - 56.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 4/5/1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI. Embodied 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern Francce with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 29/8/45, Auth: W8/77/45. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 26/7/1946.
Company/Battery B Company. HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Anti-Tank March 1940.
Task or role Rifleman, Anti-tank gunner.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions Corporal.
Wounded Not known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag 20A and XXB, PoW Number 10689.
Died/Killed in action Death registered September 1976, Gateshead, aged 56.
Home address In 1947 he lived at 76, Fleming St. Gateshead. Married Doris Mullen in Q1 1946 in Gateshead.
Source table 1TS