Thrift Edward Lt/QM 147075 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|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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		+	Mentioned as QM "Lippy" Thrift by Mr Vane Dyson.

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 |Surname and forenames=Thrift Edward
 |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.
 |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.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}

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 |Date of birth=1903
 |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
-|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
 }}