HALL, Thomas

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Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
2 Independent Company
1 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
South Wales Borderers
Monmouthshire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
4076248
Service Record: 
WO422 / Apv000754820
Born: 
Saturday, December 20, 1919
Birthplace: 
Monmouthshire
Died: 
1982
Thomas Hall 1 Commando
Private Thomas Hall, No.2 independent Company, was wounded on 22 May 1940 in Norway (Scissors Force) and evacuated to hospital in the UK. After recovery from his wounds he was attached to No.1 Commando. Active service included North Africa, India, Ceylon, and Burma. 
Service timeline
27.02.1934 - 26.02.1939  2nd Monmouthshire Regt. T.A. Home address Cwmbran. *
18.12.1938 married Edith May Hall.
26.06.1939 called to the colours.
02.05.1940 volunteered and posted No.2 Independent Company.
10.05.1940 embarked for Norway.
22.05.1940 wounded and evacuated to UK on Hospital Ship ' Aba'.
09.11.1940 posted No.1 Special Service Bn.
04.03.1941 posted No.1 Commando.
19.06.1942 - 25.06.1942 attached C.T.C. Inveraray.
08.11.1942 embarked for active service North Africa.
02.05.1943 returned to UK.
29.08.1943 - 18.09.1943 attended Boot Repairers Course in Gloucester.
11.11.1943 embarked for active service in the Far East.
24.07.1945 returned UK and posted Holding Operational Commando, Wrexham.
17.12.1945 proceeded on Release Leave.
11.03.1946 Released to Class Z (T) Reserve List.
 
Sources
Service Record / Ancestry.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/13 amended by WO417/14.
Commando Service Certificate and otehr documents in Gallery.
No.1 Commando Winchester Reunion Programme in Gallery
[Image] Darren Little, grandson.
 
*Notes from service record
The date of birth given on 1st Attestation into the TA in 1934 was 20 December 1916 which would have made him 17 if correct. However the date of birth on his enlistment record from 1939 is 20 December 1919 which made him 14 on 1st Attestation in 1934. 
 
Photo of Commando in Gallery: 
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Additional content: 
Independent Companies and Special Service Battalions
Archive pages : 
No 2 Independent Company
No 1 Commando

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