Thompson Alfred 2/Lt 292736

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Name Thompson Alfred
Army number 292736
Rank Lt
Decorations
Date of birth 5/4/1919
Age 0
Unit The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 3/9/1943. Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/9/1943. Posted Reinforcement Company 6/5/1944. Served Normandy. Posted Reinforcement Holding Unit 52. Posted 10th Bn DLI as W/S Lt 21/6/1944. Wounded. Posted 16th Bn DLI on 2 CRU 9/9/1944. Unemployed list 20/10/1946. TA - Parachute Regiment - Lt 11/12/1950 with seniority from 13/7/1946. Captain 19/6/1953. Major Trf TARO 1956.
Company/Battery 11th Bn - C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Duty Officer. 15th Platoon - Platoon Commander.
Joined Brigade 09-Sep-43
Promotions W/S Lt 3/3/1944, T/Captain 30/10/1945.
Wounded 12/7/1944.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Educated Durham University (BSc). Schoolmaster. Resident of South Shields in 1950. Addresses - 58, Mitchell Gardens, South Shields. 21, The Chestnuts, 41, West Street, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
Source table 11DLI