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Thomas Aubrey Garland (abt. 1912 - 1943)

LBdr Thomas Aubrey Garland
Born about in Durban, Natal, South Africamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1939 in Surrey South Western, Surrey, Englandmap
[children unknown]
Died at about age 31 in Sicilia, Potenza, Potenza, Basilicata, Italymap
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World War II

Biography

Roll of Honor
LBdr Thomas Garland Died in Military Service during World War II.

Thomas was born about 1912. He is the son of Hunter Garland and Alice Armstrong.

He married Annie Dixon Tweddle in 1939 in Surrey South Western, Surrey, England.[1]

They probably had no children.

He fought in the 2nd World War with the 90 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, gaining the rank of Lance Bombardier. Service Number: 1113658.

Tragically he died in 1943 in Italy. He was 31 years of age.

Probate:

Event Date: 12 February 1944
Event Place: Llandudno, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom[2]

Burial

Catania War Cemetery, Catania, Città Metropolitana di Catania, Sicilia, Italy. PLOT: IV. C. 9.[3]

INSCRIPTION:

HE LIVED DEARLY LOVED BY ALL
AND DIED NOBLY AND BRAVELY
THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE.
LET US NEVER FORGET

Sources

  1. "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. From "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006." Database. findmypast. http://www.findmypast.com : 2012. Citing General Register Office, Southport, England. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV8V-84KB
  2. "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957." Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 27 January 2020. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W79L-4NT2
  3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39309081




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