Thomas Clifford Vincent 2/Lieutenant 249834

Personnel Entry

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
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 while with 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
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.
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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