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Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 12 Send Message	Unknown	Report	3 Oct 2013 23:14
Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 12 Send Message	Kath, Thanks for the information and that is the correct Matthew Thompson. I'll give the veterans website a look Thanks again John :-)
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28 261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	3 Oct 2013 14:48
	World War 2 records are still with the MOD and not online. You can find out how to order them from here:- http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/army.html You have to prove the relationship to the soldier and the records cost £30 but will take many months to receive. This looks like his birth:- Name: THOMPSON, Matthew Registration district: Durham County: Durham Year of registration: 1914 Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar Mother's maiden name: Dinning Volume no: 10A Page no: 881 Kath. x
Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 12 Send Message	Unknown	Report	3 Oct 2013 14:19
Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 12 Send Message	My wife’s uncle Matthew Thompson (born Shincliffe in County Durham 1914) was one of the troops evacuated from Dunkirk and I am trying to find out more information about him. I think he served in the Durham Light Infantry but apart from Dunkirk all I know about his service was he was based near Rothsay in Scotland for some time during the war