View source for Carlyon Thomas Private 4459557

{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Carlyon Thomas
|Army number=4459557
|Rank=Private
|Decorations=None yet known.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet confirmed.  Posted to the 11th Battalion - possibly on 1/9/1939.  Served B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War - notification received 12/7/1940.  Repatriated.  Posted ? Battalion DLI.  Relegated to the Z Class Reserve 7/2/1946.
|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known but possibly 1/9/1939.
|Promotions=No details yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Yes - but PoW Number and Camp details not yet known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=No family information as yet. 
}}

Private Carlyon's name came to our attention as part of the 1942 "missing" exercise conducted by the War Office and documented at The National Archives.