Bamforth Thomas Pte. 4456999
Personnel Entry
Name Bamforth Thomas
Army number 4456999
Rank Pte.
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known, but possibly 1920. Born Mount Pleasant, Spennymoor, County Durham.
Age
Unit Durham Light Infantry, No enlistment date as yet but probably Spring 1939, Posted 6th Bn DLI, Posted 10th Bn DLI, B.E.F., Prisoner of War 12/7/1940, Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 9/2/1946.
Company/Battery C Company
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War Camps 1VC and 4C PoW Number 2785
Died/Killed in action
Home address Royal Hospital, Chelsea as at July 2016.
Source table 10DLI
I had the great pleasure of meeting Mr Tommy Bamforth, then aged 94, at Durham, during the DLI Reunion Weekend on 13th September 2014, and he was able to confirm the above details. Delighted to find another surviving 70th Brigade Veteran.
