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Identity
Person No.
16601
Service No.
1963
Last Name
First Name
Cyril Leslie Thomas
Initials
C L T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of Thomas and Mabel E. Midgley; husband of Lucy H. Midgley, of Malvern, Natal, South Africa.

Research notes


K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct"): MIDGELEY, Cyril Leslie Thomas (Son of Mabel Elizabeth (nee Serjeant) Midgeley; father Thomas Midgeley deceased 1935; husband of Lucy Helen (nee Raynor) Midgeley, of Malvern, Natal.) 1963 Lance Corporal Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 17/11/1911; baptised Durban 27/11/1921; married Malvern Congregational Church 27/3/1937; a clerk before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action at Gazala, Libya. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on “B” Company, RDLI WWII Memorial, - originally at Pennington, now housed at the DLI HQ.) 07/06/1942 G128-S2D 30

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