TWIDALE, Thomas

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
EX/ 3870
Born: 
Monday, January 14, 1918
Birthplace: 
Portland, Dorset
Died : 
Friday, January 1, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
24
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Marine Thomas Twidale died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Twidale, of Hull.
 
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Registers Of Reports Of Deaths: Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/138.
 
Notes
Source [1] erroneously records age as 34; source [2] records date of birth 14 Jan 1918 making him 24. Confirmed by Registers of Births, Weymouth Dorset District, birth quarter 1 of 1918.
 
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