AKROYD, Thomas Daniel
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Served as :
ACKROYD, Thomas Daniel
Rank:
Guardsman
Unit / Base:
9 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Leeds City Police Force
Regiment/Corps:
Coldstream Guards
Service:
Army
Number:
2656563
Born:
Tuesday, February 27, 1917
Died :
Saturday, January 9, 1993
Age:
75
Thomas Akroyd was wounded (gunshot wound to right leg and broken nose) 1st February 1944 during operations in Italy (Monte Faito and Ornito). Formerly a Leeds City Police Constable and Army Reservist he had been recalled for military duties at the outbreak of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/72.
Coldstream Guards Casualty Records 1939-45.
The 1939 Register covering Leeds.
England & Wales Registers of Deaths 1993, Leeds District.
England & Wales Government Probate Death Index, Probate date 26/2/1993 Leeds Registry.
Report in the Halifax Evening Courier, p5, 6 October 1944.
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