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Trooper

Thomas Hamilton

Service number 7942945
Military unit 'A' Sqdn 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) Royal Armoured Corps
Address 5, Newthorpe Common, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.
Date of birth 05 Feb 1908
Date of death 23 Apr 1943 (35 years old)
Place of birth Overtown, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Employment, education or hobbies

He was an assurance agent in 1939.

Family history

He was the son of Joseph and Agnes Hamilton and the brother of James, Joseph, Agnes Clayton, Jeanie Johnston Clark and Catherine Mary Hamilton. In 1921 they lived at 22, John Street, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Thomas Hamilton and Hilda Bonser were married in 1934 and they were to have two children - Patrick (1935) and Maureen (1939). In 1939, they lived at 5, Newthorpe Common, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.

Military history

MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY IV L 4

Trooper Thomas Hamilton (Service Number 7942945) served in 'A' Squadron, 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal Armoured Corps. He was killed in action on 23 April 1943 at the age of 35, just months before the battalion's deployment to the Volturno River in Italy.

Military Service and Connection to the AreaTrooper Hamilton did not make it to the October 1943 Volturno River offensive because he was killed during the final, intense stages of the Tunisian Campaign in North Africa.

The Tunisia Fighting: In April 1943, the 4th County of London Yeomanry (4 CLY) was heavily engaged in armored warfare against Axis forces holding out in Tunisia, specifically fighting in sectors like Djebel Bou Kournine.

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