Thomas Henry Castell
In 1939 Thomas was working has a lorry driver for a greengrocer.
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Son of Harry and Elizabeth Ann Castell. of Oakfield Avenue, Warsop.
Siblings:Athur (1904), Ernest (19070, Cyril (1912) and Albert (1915). In 1911 the family lived at Carlton and in 1921 they were at 7 Muschamp Terrace, Warsop.
Thomas married Lily Grocutt in the spring of 1935 and had a daughter, Norma in 1940.
Lily remarried in 1950 to Charles Smith.
After the fall of Singapore the 2nd Bn was hastily mobilised as part of the force sent to reinforce Burma. Within a week of landing at Rangoon the battallion found it's self defending a bridge across the Sittang River. From there the campaigne became one long retreat back to India.. The 2nd Bn was assigned to the Chindits who were involved in the relief of Imphal from March to July 1944.
Thomas's name is listed on an additional plaque added by the Royal British Legion and is situated underneath the original plaque.
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