MCGILCHRIST, Thomas Bright

Known as: 
Tam
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
5 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Black Watch
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
14317302
Born: 
Wednesday, July 19, 1922
Died: 
2003
Age: 
80
15.10.1942 enlisted Armed Forces.
31.01.1946 discharged Armed Forces. Active service included Burma.
11.02.1946 joined Renfrewshire Constabulary. Served slightly under 2 years before resigning.
1949 resided Barrhead, Renfrewshire.
Member of the Commando Association later residing Auchenmade, Ayrshire.
 
Sources
WW2 Medal Cards Index.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 117 (2003).
George Barnsley, Chair of the Lanarkshire Police History Society, via Tony Moore, FRHistS and Police Historian.
 

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