Apparently Tommy worked as a military adviser to the Jordanian army after the war and when he retired he moved to near Rhyl in north Wales. He was a jockey and raced for the army. Tara kindly sent me some more photos of her grandfather. This one taken in Hamburg. He loved horses and ran a horse society which had a big annual show. He also liked to shoot and was a keen fishermen.
Tommy lived until 1994 and his wife Beryl lived into the new Millennium.
This is another photo of Tommy and his wife Brenda on their wedding day in 1939 in Kent.
Tara also sent me Tommy's medal citations but as they are PDF files I cannot post them easily here but have scanned this section of one of them. He was a very brave and well thought of soldier and according to Tara he was a fabulous grandfather.
Tara also sent me Tommy's medal citations but as they are PDF files I cannot post them easily here but have scanned this section of one of them. He was a very brave and well thought of soldier and according to Tara he was a fabulous grandfather.
Good to see you back at the blog. Power of the internet eh?
ReplyDeleteYes haven't done any blogging here for a while because I ran out of old photographs> So good to receive more via the wonderful Internet.
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