McElvogue Thomas Pte 4456056
Personnel Entry
Name McElvogue Thomas Eyre (Ayre?)
Army number 4456056
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 29 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet but his Number suggests Spring 1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion? Posted to the 12th Battalion? Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Listed on the Battalion Acquittance Roll 10/5/1940. Served Iceland. Transferred to the Corps of Military Police 25/5/41, Auth: Part II 1 TS 45/41, Auth:- Iceland ( C) HQ 777/AQ/3 31/5/41. Posted to the 49th Division Provost Company. Transferred back to the Black Watch (1TS). Returned to the UK. "Found deceased" on a road - understood to have DIED as a result of an accident 13/6/43, reference CAS/BW/6 No. 40 1 TS 39/43. Subsequent inquest report indicated he had died in hospital as a result of sustaining injuries while riding his motorcycle. Not known if anyone else was involved.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Signal Platoon.
Task or role Despatch Rider.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Died 13-Jun-43 Buried Grave 230, Section S, Blaydon Cemetery. Headstone inscription is "R.I.P."
Home address Son of Matthew and Jane McElvogue, Husband of Mona McElvogue, Blaydon-on-Tyne. The couple lived at 115, George Street, Blaydon.
Source table 1TS
