Shreeve Pte 0
Personnel Entry
Name Shreeve John Thomas Thornton
Army number 4459458
Rank Private.
Decorations 1939-1945 medal, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal.
Date of birth 18/8/1917 at Boldon, County Durham.
Age 48 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, probably Summer 1939. Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI, probably 1/9/1939. Served with the B.E.F. in France? Served Iceland. Served Normandy? Relegated to the Class Z (T) Reserve 19/5/1946.
Company/Battery Battalion HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit Probably Motor Transport Platoon.
Task or role Driver
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died 30/7/1966 at Charlton, South East England. Jackie was cremated at Greenwich, London on 8/8/1966. Probate granted 17/4/1968 in the sum of £5947.
Home address Father Charles John Shreeve. Mother Matilda Thornton (1890 - 1960). in 1921 Census he was 3 years old and living with his mother and grandmother at Pages Buildings, Boldon Colliery. Married Dorothy Alice Board (1918 - 1996) in December 1941. Medals were despatched to 15, Zanewill Road, Blackheath, London SE3 in March 1950.
Source table 10DLI
Jack Shreeve was a professional footballer. To read a short Wikipedia article on him please click here.
To see an image of Jack Shreeve playing in an FA Cup Final, please click here.
Private Shreeve was a friend of the late Vane Dyson's and appears in one of Vane's Iceland photographs - shown below:-
