Speeding Thomas Pte 14508700
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Speeding Thomas
Army number 14508700
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born South Shields 1924/25.
Age 19
Unit General Service Corps. Trf to The Durham Light Infantry, Posted 10th Bn DLI. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 18/6/1944 with 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet known.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 18-Jun-44
Home address Resident of South Shields. Son of Isaac and Isabela Speeding, South Shields. Buried Grave I. G. 3. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.
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