Renouf Thomas J. Cadet 14427465 - Revision history

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 |Company/Battery=1st Tyneside Scottish - initially Reserve Company, A Company.  5th Black Watch - A Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=5th Black Watch - 7 Platoon.
-|Task or role=Section Commander in 7 PLatoon under Lt Murray at the time of his gallantry award.
+|Task or role=Section Commander in 7 Platoon under Lt Murray at the time of his gallantry award.
 |Promotions=Lance Corporal.
 |Wounded=Yes, at Mauny in late August 1944 - just after leaving 1st Tyneside Scottish.

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 Daily Telegraph obituary - click [[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/07/24/tom-renouf-soldier-and-distinguished-scientist--obituary/ here]]
-The Scotsman obituary - Click [[https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-thomas-j-renouf-black-watch-veteran-and-physicist-1-4171262 here]]
+The Scotsman obituary - click [[https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-thomas-j-renouf-black-watch-veteran-and-physicist-1-4171262 here]]
-The Lead Researcher had the great good fortune to interview Tom Renouf at Musselburgh and even greater good fortune that he wrote a personal dedication in a copy of his book "Black Watch" which I had acquired before seeing him.  He was a gentleman, and commended the 70th Brigade research and the objectives which lay behind it.  We did keep in touch occasionally but it was some time, to my chagrin, before I realised that he had passed away.
+The Lead Researcher had the great good fortune to interview Tom Renouf at Musselburgh and even greater good fortune that he wrote a personal dedication in a copy of his book "Black Watch" which I had acquired before seeing him.  He was a gentleman, and commended the 70th Brigade research and the objectives which lay behind it.  We did keep in touch occasionally but it was some time, to my chagrin, before I learned that he had passed away.

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	Daily Telegraph obituary - click [[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/07/24/tom-renouf-soldier-and-distinguished-scientist--obituary/ here]]		Daily Telegraph obituary - click [[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/07/24/tom-renouf-soldier-and-distinguished-scientist--obituary/ here]]
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		+	The Scotsman obituary - Click [[https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-thomas-j-renouf-black-watch-veteran-and-physicist-1-4171262 here]]
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	The Lead Researcher had the great good fortune to interview Tom Renouf at Musselburgh and even greater good fortune that he wrote a personal dedication in a copy of his book "Black Watch" which I had acquired before seeing him. He was a gentleman, and commended the 70th Brigade research and the objectives which lay behind it. We did keep in touch occasionally but it was some time, to my chagrin, before I realised that he had passed away.		The Lead Researcher had the great good fortune to interview Tom Renouf at Musselburgh and even greater good fortune that he wrote a personal dedication in a copy of his book "Black Watch" which I had acquired before seeing him. He was a gentleman, and commended the 70th Brigade research and the objectives which lay behind it. We did keep in touch occasionally but it was some time, to my chagrin, before I realised that he had passed away.

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 |id=2011
 |Surname and forenames=Renouf Thomas Joseph
-|Army number=14427465
+|Army number=14427465 and 373008.
 |Rank=Cadet
 |Date of birth=Born 28/3/1925 at Fisherrow, Musselburgh, East Lothian.
 |Decorations=M.M., Legion D'Honneur, M.B.E.
 |Age=91 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Thomas received his call-up papers on 1/4/1943, four days after his eighteenth birthday.  He was enlisted in the General Service Corps at Perth's Queen's Barracks on 6/5/1943.  After Basic Training undertook a 3-month's Signals Course.  Transferred to the London Scottish September 1943, and posted to the 2nd Battalion.  Battalion disbanded April 1944.  Transferred to the Black Watch April 1944, and posted to 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served Normandy.  Posted to the 5th Battalion Black Watch on the disbandment of 70th Brigade.  Discharged to a Black Watch Commission 25/10/46, (as Officer Number 373008), Serial No. 63/1 - 1/1/47.  Served for many years as the Secretary of the Black Watch Association and made various pilgrimages to France.
+|Unit=Thomas received his call-up papers on 1/4/1943, four days after his eighteenth birthday.  He was enlisted in the General Service Corps at Perth's Queen's Barracks on 6/5/1943.  After Basic Training he undertook a 3-month's Signals Course.  Transferred to the London Scottish September 1943, and posted to the 2nd Battalion.  The 2nd Battalion disbanded April 1944.  Transferred to the Black Watch April 1944, and posted to 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served Normandy.  Posted to the 5th Battalion Black Watch on the disbandment of 70th Brigade.  Wounded just after transfer.  Spent around eight weeks in hospital and then Transit Camps.  Returned to the 5th Battalion Black Watch and took part in the Rhine crossing.  Discharged to a Black Watch Commission 25/10/46, (as Officer Number 373008), Serial No. 63/1 - 1/1/47.  Served for many years as the Secretary of the Black Watch Association and made various pilgrimages to France.
 |Joined Brigade=April 1944.
-|Company/Battery=1st TS - initially Reserve Company, A Company
+|Company/Battery=1st Tyneside Scottish - initially Reserve Company, A Company.  5th Black Watch - A Company.
-|Task or role=Section Commander at the time of his gallantry award.
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=5th Black Watch - 7 Platoon.
 |Promotions=Lance Corporal.
-|Wounded=Yes, at Mauny in late August 1944 - probably just after leaving 1st Tyneside Scottish.
+|Wounded=Yes, at Mauny in late August 1944 - just after leaving 1st Tyneside Scottish.
 |Prisoner of War=No.
 |Died/Killed in action=Died 26/6/2016.
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 }}
-Further information will be gleaned from Dr Renouf's autobiographical account "Black Watch" and uploaded to the Webite.  His various obituaries include his photograph and they will also be hyperlinked here.
+Further information was gleaned from Dr Renouf's autobiographical account "Black Watch" and uploaded to the Webite.  His various obituaries include his photograph and they are hyperlinked below.
 The Lead Researcher had the great good fortune to interview Tom Renouf at Musselburgh and even greater good fortune that he wrote a personal dedication in a copy of his book "Black Watch" which I had acquired before seeing him.  He was a gentleman, and commended the 70th Brigade research and the objectives which lay behind it.  We did keep in touch occasionally but it was some time, to my chagrin, before I realised that he had passed away.

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 |Decorations=M.M., Legion D'Honneur, M.B.E.
 |Age=91 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Thomas received his call-up papers on 1/4/1943, four days after his eighteenth birthday.  He was enlisted in the General Service Corps at Perth's Queen's Barracks on 6/5/1943.  After Basic Training undertook a 3-month's Signals Course.  Transferred to the London Scottish September 1943, and posted to the 2nd Battalion.  Transferred to the Black Watch, and posted to 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Posted to the 5th Battalion Black Watch on the disbandment of 70th Brigade.  Discharged to a Black Watch Commission 25/10/46, (as Officer Number 373008), Serial No. 63/1 - 1/1/47.  Served for many years as the Secretary of the Black Watch Association and made various pilgrimages to France.
+|Unit=Thomas received his call-up papers on 1/4/1943, four days after his eighteenth birthday.  He was enlisted in the General Service Corps at Perth's Queen's Barracks on 6/5/1943.  After Basic Training undertook a 3-month's Signals Course.  Transferred to the London Scottish September 1943, and posted to the 2nd Battalion.  Battalion disbanded April 1944.  Transferred to the Black Watch April 1944, and posted to 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served Normandy.  Posted to the 5th Battalion Black Watch on the disbandment of 70th Brigade.  Discharged to a Black Watch Commission 25/10/46, (as Officer Number 373008), Serial No. 63/1 - 1/1/47.  Served for many years as the Secretary of the Black Watch Association and made various pilgrimages to France.
-|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed but probably early 1944.
+|Joined Brigade=April 1944.
 |Task or role=Section Commander at the time of his gallantry award.
 |Promotions=Lance Corporal.

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		+	Further information will be gleaned from Dr Renouf's autobiographical account "Black Watch" and uploaded to the Webite. His various obituaries include his photograph and they will also be hyperlinked here.

−	The Lead Researcher had the great good fortune to interview Tom Renouf and even greater fortune that he wrote a personal dedication in a copy of his book "Black Watch" which I had acquired before seeing him. He was a gentleman, and commended the research and the objectives which lay behind it. We did keep in touch occasionally but it was some time, to my chagrin, before I realised that he had passed away.	+	The Lead Researcher had the great good fortune to interview Tom Renouf at Musselburgh and even greater good fortune that he wrote a personal dedication in a copy of his book "Black Watch" which I had acquired before seeing him. He was a gentleman, and commended the 70th Brigade research and the objectives which lay behind it. We did keep in touch occasionally but it was some time, to my chagrin, before I realised that he had passed away.

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 |Decorations=M.M.
 |Age=0
-|Unit=GSC, 1 TS
+|Unit=General Service Corps, Trf London Scottish, Trf Black Watch, Posted 1 TS, Posted 5th Bn Black Watch, Discharged to Black Watch Commission 25/10/46, (373008), Serial No. 63/1 - 1/1/47.
 |Home address=40, Monkton Hall Terrace, Musselburgh
 |Source table=1TS
 }}