CSM. Theodore Martin Shave
Army Service No. 14749852
Portfolio
Pre-war
Occupation:
Cow and Gate Milk Factory Worker.
Enlisted:
Colchester 20.04.1944. Age 19.
Training:
5 Weeks Colchester.
7 Weeks Mundesley.
Regiments:
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
2nd Battalion The Royal Berkshire Regiment.
B Company, 5 Platoon.
Saw Action:
Kabwet, Shwebo, Irrawaddy River, Mandalay Hill, Maymyo, Toungoo.
Promotions:
1946 Lance Corporal.
9.04.1946 Corporal.
17.07.1946 Sergeant.
5.06.1947 Company Sergeant Major.
Demobbed:
Aldershot Oct/Nov 1947.
Point of interest:
Theodore and Rosemary bought the 1942 American-made Ford GPW in June.
It served with the 101st Airborne Division (The Screaming Eagles) in campaigns
in
mainland
Europe during the war.
The Jeep was once owned by MGM Studios and featured in two films,
The Eagle Has Landed and The Dirty Dozen.
CSM. Theodore Martin Shave
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