Bunce Thomas William Sgt 4451956
Personnel Entry
Name Bunce Thomas William
Army number 4451956
Rank Sergeant.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 1938 or early 1939. Posted ? 8th Battalion. Posted 11th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France? Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Posted ? Bn DLI. Returned to the UK. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 27/12/45. Demobilised. Re-enlisted in the Territorial Army 28/5/47.
Company/Battery Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but possibly Rifle Platoon Sergeant.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond Sergeant.
Wounded Yes - reported wounded N W Europe circa July 1944.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address No family details as yet. Appears in Sergeants's mess photograph 1944
Source table 11DLI
