Bamforth Thomas Pte. 4456999 - Revision history

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 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Camps 1VC and 4C  PoW Number 2785.
 |Home address=Son of James and Annie Bamforth.  Lived, at the time of the 1939 General Register, at 49 Bessemer Terrace, Mount Pleasant, Spennymoor, County Durham.  In the early 2000's lived at 39, Princess Court, Spennymoor.  Resident in the Royal Hospital, Chelsea as at July 2016.
 |Image Name=Tommy_in_Chelsea_Pensioner_uniform.jpg
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 ''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 some of the above details.  Delighted to find another surviving 70th Brigade Veteran.''

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 |Prisoner of War=Camps 1VC and 4C  PoW Number 2785.
 |Home address=Son of James and Annie Bamforth.  Lived, at the time of the 1939 General Register, at 49 Bessemer Terrace, Mount Pleasant, Spennymoor, County Durham.  In the early 2000's lived at 39, Princess Court, Spennymoor.  Resident in the 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 some of the above details.  Delighted to find another surviving 70th Brigade Veteran.''

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 |Rank=Pte.
 |Decorations=None known so far.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known definitively, but probably 1920.
+|Date of birth=Date not yet known definitively, but birth registration took place in Durham of a Thomas Bamford in 1920, according to Ancestry.co.uk research, with a mother's maiden surname of Paterson.  This appears to be the correct birth but has not yet been confirmed by further research.  No confirming entry was found on the Durham County Council website.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry.  No enlistment date as yet, but probably Spring 1939 judging by his Regimental Number.  Posted to the 6th Bn DLI.  Posted to the 10th Bn DLI - probably on the establishment of the second-line Battalion.  Served B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War May 1940.  Notification of PoW status 12/7/1940.  Repatriated to the UK post-war.  Posted to ? Bn DLI.   Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 9/2/1946.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry.  No enlistment date as yet, but probably Spring 1939, judging by his Regimental Number.  Posted to the 6th Bn DLI.  Posted to the 10th Bn DLI - probably on the establishment of the second-line Battalion.  Served B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War May 1940.  Notification of PoW status received 12/7/1940.  Repatriated to the UK post-war.  Posted to ? Bn DLI.   Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 9/2/1946.
 |Company/Battery=C Company.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Promotions=None known so far.
 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
-|Prisoner of War=Camps 1VC and 4C  PoW Number 2785
+|Prisoner of War=Camps 1VC and 4C  PoW Number 2785.
 |Home address=Son of James and Annie Bamforth.  Lived, at the time of the 1939 General Register, at 49 Bessemer Terrace, Mount Pleasant, Spennymoor, County Durham.  In the early 2000's lived at 39, Princess Court, Spennymoor.  Resident in the 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.
+''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 some of the above details.  Delighted to find another surviving 70th Brigade Veteran.''

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 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Camps 1VC and 4C  PoW Number 2785
-|Home address=Son of James and Annie Bamforth.  Lived, at the time of the 1939 General Register, at 49 Bessemer Terrace, Mount Pleasant, Spennymoor, County Durham.  Resident in the Royal Hospital, Chelsea as at July 2016.
+|Home address=Son of James and Annie Bamforth.  Lived, at the time of the 1939 General Register, at 49 Bessemer Terrace, Mount Pleasant, Spennymoor, County Durham.  In the early 2000's lived at 39, Princess Court, Spennymoor.  Resident in the 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.

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 |Rank=Pte.
 |Decorations=None known so far.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known definitively, but possibly 1920.  Born  Bessemer Terrace, Mount Pleasant, Spennymoor, County Durham.
+|Date of birth=Date not yet known definitively, but probably 1920.
 |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry.  No enlistment date as yet, but probably Spring 1939 judging by his Regimental Number.  Posted to the 6th Bn DLI.  Posted to the 10th Bn DLI - probably on the establishment of the second-line Battalion.  Served B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War May 1940.  Notification of PoW status 12/7/1940.  Repatriated to the UK post-war.  Posted to ? Bn DLI.   Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 9/2/1946.
 |Company/Battery=C Company.
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 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Camps 1VC and 4C  PoW Number 2785
-|Home address=Royal Hospital, Chelsea as at July 2016.
+|Home address=Son of James and Annie Bamforth.  Lived, at the time of the 1939 General Register, at 49 Bessemer Terrace, Mount Pleasant, Spennymoor, County Durham.  Resident in the 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.

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 |Army number=4456999
 |Rank=Pte.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.  Born  Mount Pleasant, Spennymoor, County Durham.
+|Date of birth=Not yet known, but possibly 1920.  Born  Mount Pleasant, Spennymoor, County Durham.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No enlistment date, 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.
+|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
-|Prisoner of War=1VC and 4C  2785
+|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|Home address=Royal Hospital, Chelsea as at September 2014
+|Prisoner of War=Camps 1VC and 4C  PoW Number 2785
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}
-I had the great pleasure of meeting Mr Tommy Bamforth, 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.
+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.