YOUNG, Thomas Carter Alexander Henry
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Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
5 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Service Number:
14647340
Service Record:
WO422 / Apv001306339
Born:
Sunday, July 6, 1924
Birthplace:
Bethnal Green, London
Died :
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Place died or last resided:
Southend-on-Sea
Age:
90
Timeline from Service Record
01.07.1943 posted and joined General Service Corps.
11.08.1943 transferred Royal Fusilers and posted 1 Infantry Training Centre.
01.11.1943 posted to Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry.
13.12.1943 posted Holding Operational Commando.
19.02.1944 posted Draft Serial RXAGN for overseas service.
21.03.1944 India temporarily attached HQ 3 Special Service Brigade for posting.
15.05.1944 India posted No.1 Commando.
29.06.1944 - 16.07.1944 granted War Leave at Holiday Camp, Bangalore.
01.08.1944 India posted No.5 Commando.
24.10.1944 disembarked Arakan and entered Concessional Area.
02.11.1944 received injury of moderate severity.
03.10.1944 admitted 15 Casualty Clearing Station (C.C.S.).
07.11.1944 transferred 72 Indian General Hospital (I.G.H.).
12.11.1944 transferred 17 British General Hospital (B.G.H.).
31.01.1945 discharged 17 B.G.S. and rejoined No.5 Commando.
15.03.1945 G.H.Q. 2nd Echelon, returned from Concessional Area to India.
17.08.1945 embarked Bombay.
12.09.1945 disembarked Hong Kong.
11.11.1946 posted from No.1/5 Commando to GHQ 2nd Echelon (S.E.A.L.F), Singapore.
13.02.1947 embarked Singapore for UK.
15.10.1947 released to Reserve List.
Promotions
20.10.1945 Lance Corporal.
19.12.1945 Acting Corporal.
18.03.1946 War Substantive Corporal.
17.05.1946 Lance Sergeant.
01.07.1946 Acting Sergeant.
03.01.1947 War Substantive Sergeant.
Sources
Army Service Record / National Archives file WO422.
[Image] His son Philip Young.
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