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|Rank=2/Lt
 
|Rank=2/Lt
 
|Date of birth=Born Monmouthshire 1921.
 
|Date of birth=Born Monmouthshire 1921.
|Age=23
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|Age=23 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Posted to 168 O.C.T.U.  Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 31/10/1942.  Posted and joined 10th Bn DLI 6/11/1942.  Served Normandy.  Evacuated to 146 Field Ambulance 17/6/1944, DIED of WOUNDS 18/8/1944.
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|Unit=Posted to 168 O.C.T.U. as a CadetJoined The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 31/10/1942.  Posted to, and joined, 10th Bn DLI 6/11/1942.  Served Normandy.  Evacuated to 146 Field Ambulance 17/8/1944DIED of WOUNDS 18/8/1944 while with 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry. (NB.  Graves Registration documentation lists Lt Thomas as Killed in Action rather than Died of Wounds - this may be a manuscript error).
|Company/Battery=A, S
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|Company/Battery=A, S.
 
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Carrier.
 
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Carrier.
 
|Task or role=OC.
 
|Task or role=OC.
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|Promotions=W/S Lt 17/5/1943.
 
|Promotions=W/S Lt 17/5/1943.
 
|Wounded=17/8/1944.
 
|Wounded=17/8/1944.
|Died/Killed in action=18-Aug-44.
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|Died/Killed in action=18-Aug-44.  Interred initially near Le Mesnil Manger, Map 7F/4, reference 314576.
|Home address=Resident of Newport.  Son of Clifford Edward and Rosa Thomas, husband of Joyce Thomas, St Marychurch, Torquay, Devon.  Buried Grave XV. E. 13.  Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery.
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|Home address=Resident of Newport.  Son of Clifford Edward and Rosa Thomas, husband of Joyce Thomas, St Marychurch, Torquay, Devon.  Re-buried 17/7/1946 in Grave XV. E. 13.  Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads "TO THE WORLD, A SOLDIER, TO US, THE WORLD".
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|Image Name=Thomas_C_V_10_DLI.JPG
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|Image Title=Lt C V Thomas' CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
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Latest revision as of 15:31, 2 October 2018

Personnel Entry

Lt C V Thomas' CWGC headstone.
Lt C V Thomas' CWGC headstone.

Name Thomas Clifford Vincent
Army number 249834
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth Born Monmouthshire 1921.
Age 23 at the time of his death.
Unit Posted to 168 O.C.T.U. as a Cadet. Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 31/10/1942. Posted to, and joined, 10th Bn DLI 6/11/1942. Served Normandy. Evacuated to 146 Field Ambulance 17/8/1944. DIED of WOUNDS 18/8/1944 while with 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry. (NB. Graves Registration documentation lists Lt Thomas as Killed in Action rather than Died of Wounds - this may be a manuscript error).
Company/Battery A, S.
Platoon or other sub-unit Carrier.
Task or role OC.
Joined Brigade 06-Nov-42.
Promotions W/S Lt 17/5/1943.
Wounded 17/8/1944.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 18-Aug-44. Interred initially near Le Mesnil Manger, Map 7F/4, reference 314576.
Home address Resident of Newport. Son of Clifford Edward and Rosa Thomas, husband of Joyce Thomas, St Marychurch, Torquay, Devon. Re-buried 17/7/1946 in Grave XV. E. 13. Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads "TO THE WORLD, A SOLDIER, TO US, THE WORLD".
Source table 10DLI