Thrift Edward Lt/QM 147075 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 09:50, 16 April 2020

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			Mentioned as QM "Lippy" Thrift by Mr Vane Dyson.

70bgadmin at 16:22, 27 June 2019

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	\|Surname and forenames=Thrift Edward		\|Surname and forenames=Thrift Edward
	\|Army number=147075		\|Army number=147075
	\|Rank=Lt/QM		\|Rank=Lieutenant/Quartermaster.
	\|Date of birth=~~1903~~		\|Decorations=No record of service decorations for WW1 service. No awards over and above service medals have been traced.
	\|Age=0		\|Date of birth=Born Dover July 1902.
	\|Unit=The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as Lt(QM) 3/9/1940. Posted to the 10th Bn DLI. Served Iceland. Transferred to the Somerset Light Infantry 20/5/1942. Relinquished Commission as ~~Hon~~ Captain QM on grounds of disability 27/4/1946.		\|Age=64 at the time of his death.
	\|Company/Battery=Bn HQ.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry and allocated Regimental Number 26875. He was attested 30/10/1916 aged 14 1/2 years old. His World War One service appears to have been "Boy" service - perhaps as a bandsman? - with no mention of overseas duty. Re-enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry and allocated Regimental Number 4435655 - date of re-enlistment and subsequent service not yet known. Probably recalled to the Colours for the Second World War - hence the voyage from Canada? Discharged 2/9/1940 at Edinburgh on being Commissioned. Continued to serve in The Durham Light Infantry - granted an Emergency Commission as a Lt(QM) 3/9/1940. Posted to the 10th Bn DLI. Served Iceland. Transferred to the Somerset Light Infantry 20/5/1942. Relinquished Commission as Honorary Captain QM on grounds of disability 27/4/1946.
	\|Task or role=Quartermaster		\|Company/Battery=Battalion HQ.
	\|Joined Brigade=3/9/1940 or shortly thereafter.		\|Task or role=Regimental Quarter-Master Sergeant. Quartermaster.
			\|Joined Brigade=3/9/1940, or shortly thereafter.
	\|Promotions=W/S Captain 3/9/1943.		\|Promotions=W/S Captain 3/9/1943.
	\|Died/Killed in action=Death registered ~~June~~ 1967, Aldershot.		\|Died/Killed in action=Died 19/5/1967. Death registered Q1 1967, Aldershot, Hampshire. Probate granted Winchester Registry 9/8/1967.
			\|Home address=Father - Barrett Thrift. Mother - Mrs Rebecca Thrift (nee Kelly) - listed as Next of Kin on attestation in 1916. In the 1911 Census he was listed as residing at 6 Railway View, Duckmead Lane East, Liss, Hampshire, England. Returned from Canada on the "Empress of Britain" arriving on 17 August 1939 - aged 37. No trace yet found of a marriage.
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70bgadmin at 15:53, 2 October 2018

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	\|Date of birth=1903		\|Date of birth=1903
	\|Age=0		\|Age=0
	\|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as Lt(QM) 3/9/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Iceland~~, Trf~~ Somerset Light Infantry 20/5/1942, Relinquished Commission as Hon Captain QM on grounds of disability 27/4/1946.		\|Unit=The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as Lt(QM) 3/9/1940. Posted to the 10th Bn DLI. Served Iceland. Transferred to the Somerset Light Infantry 20/5/1942. Relinquished Commission as Hon Captain QM on grounds of disability 27/4/1946.
	\|Company/Battery=Bn HQ		\|Company/Battery=Bn HQ.
	\|Task or role=Quartermaster		\|Task or role=Quartermaster
	\|Joined Brigade=3/9/1940 or shortly thereafter		\|Joined Brigade=3/9/1940 or shortly thereafter.
	\|Promotions=W/S Captain 3/9/1943		\|Promotions=W/S Captain 3/9/1943.
	\|Died/Killed in action=Death registered June 1967, Aldershot.		\|Died/Killed in action=Death registered June 1967, Aldershot.
	\|Source table=10DLI		\|Source table=10DLI
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70bgadmin at 14:08, 29 August 2014

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	\|Army number=147075		\|Army number=147075
	\|Rank=Lt/QM		\|Rank=Lt/QM
			\|Date of birth=1903
	\|Age=0		\|Age=0
	\|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as Lt(QM) 3/9/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Iceland, Trf Somerset Light Infantry 20/5/1942, Relinquished Commission as Hon Captain QM on grounds of disability 27/4/1946.		\|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as Lt(QM) 3/9/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Iceland, Trf Somerset Light Infantry 20/5/1942, Relinquished Commission as Hon Captain QM on grounds of disability 27/4/1946.
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	\|Joined Brigade=3/9/1940 or shortly thereafter		\|Joined Brigade=3/9/1940 or shortly thereafter
	\|Promotions=W/S Captain 3/9/1943		\|Promotions=W/S Captain 3/9/1943
			\|Died/Killed in action=Death registered June 1967, Aldershot.
	\|Source table=10DLI		\|Source table=10DLI
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70bgadmin at 11:29, 24 July 2014

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	\|Company/Battery=Bn HQ		\|Company/Battery=Bn HQ
	\|Task or role=Quartermaster		\|Task or role=Quartermaster
			\|Joined Brigade=3/9/1940 or shortly thereafter
	\|Promotions=W/S Captain 3/9/1943		\|Promotions=W/S Captain 3/9/1943
	\|Source table=10DLI		\|Source table=10DLI
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|Surname and forenames=Thrift Edward
|Army number=147075
|Rank=Lt/QM
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as Lt(QM) 3/9/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Iceland, Trf Somerset Light Infantry 20/5/1942, Relinquished Commission as Hon Captain QM on grounds of disability 27/4/1946.
|Company/Battery=Bn HQ
|Task or role=Quartermaster
|Promotions=W/S Captain 3/9/1943
|Source table=10DLI
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