TOMS, Frederick John
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
5 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Number:
834757
Died :
Friday, January 12, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
28
Cemetery/Memorial:
Lance Corporal Frederick Toms was killed in action during operations on 12 January 1945 at Kangaw, Burma. Son of Arthur and Rose Toms, of Leytonstone, Essex. The previous year he had been wounded on 15 March 1944 at Maungdaw, Burma. Frederick Toms was first attested into the Royal Artillery in 1933. He transferred to the Royal Fusiliers Territorial Army Reserve on 23 March 1938.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/74, WO417/88
Royal Artillery Attestations Register for 1933.
Issue 9 of the Third Jungle Book.
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