Buzzard Thomas Arthur Pte 4459349
Personnel Entry
Name Buzzard Thomas Arthur
Army number 4459349
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Research indicates 6/4/1918 in South Shields.
Age 0
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date (probably January 1940). Posted 11th Bn DLI. Served BEF? Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Transferred to the Dorsetshire Regiment 28/8/44 on the disbandment of 11th Battalion. Class Z Army Reserve 6/7/1946.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably January/February 1940.
Promotions Corporal.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Research suggests he died April 1985 aged 67.
Home address Son of John Thomas and Dora Elizabeth Buzzard (nee Cooper). Resident of South Shields in 1944. Married Jean Arkley in Q3 1953 in North East Durham.
Source table 11DLI
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