Shreeve Pte 0
Personnel Entry
Name Shreeve John Thomas
Army number 4459458
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth 18/8/1917 at Boldon, County Durham.
Age (At time of death).
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, probably Summer 1939. Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI, probably 1/9/1939. Served with the B.E.F. in France? Served Iceland.
Company/Battery Battalion HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Driver
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Died 30/7/1966 at Charlton, South East England.
Home address
Source table 10DLI
Jack Shreeve was a professional footballer. To read a short Wikipedia article on him please click here.
To see an image of Jack Shreeve playing in an FA Cup Final, please click here.
Private Shreeve was a friend of the late Vane Dyson's and appears in one of Vane's Iceland photographs - shown below:-
