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WO11 Thomas Henry Young
British Army Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
from:South Shields, Co Durham
Thomas Henry Young was my father. He served with the 14th Indian Division in India and Burma. According to Dad, he broke a Sikh's caste, by cutting his hair, after the Sikh had killed Dad's dog. He also had a Captain, called Chik and was friendly with a Mrs Shave. He had malaria and dysentery and was flown out of action in a Dakota. At one time he was Chief Mechanization Officer for a large part of India. He had to go up the Burma road to take new vehicles and recover damaged ones.