Gascoigne Thomas Pte 4455993
Personnel Entry
Name Gascoigne Thomas
Army number 4455993
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1917/18.
Age 22 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Now known to be KILLED in ACTION 20-21/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L., Category "A" while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20/21-May-40. No known grave. Commemorated Column 91, DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
Home address Son of John and Anne Gascoigne.
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