Territorial Army
It is not clear when my father joined the TA. We are told that his father insisted in his sons joining the TA as a possible avoidance technique to them being drafted - although this sounds farcical now. I Do have a TA Attestation of Four Years service dated August 1939. But that would suggest service from his 14th birthday. Perhaps this included being a Cadet.
Kings Light Shropshire Regiment
Enlisted 3rd August 1939
Attached B Company 9th July 1940
Classified Regimental Signaller 18th Jan 1940
Qualified Parachutist 10th June 1942
Parachute Regiment
Joined 1st Parachute Btn at Chersterfield 1st Aug 1942
North Africa 13th Nov 1942
Appointed Lance Cpl 1st Aug 1943
returned UK - 27th Nov 1943
Emplaned (read N. Europe - Arnhem) 17th Sept 1944
Missing 25th Sept 1944
Prisoner of War NW Europe date
Y-listed (medical recovery) 10th May 1945
accounted against Welch Rgt. 10th Jan 1946
declared A1 14th Jan 1946
Discharged 9th April 1946
Home 26th April 1946
Read also the printed article about discharge of injured POWs in the Printed Documents page.
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