L/Sgt Thomas Gerald Dennis

Photos from the collection of Lance Sergeant Dennis, 6 Troop No 3 Commando, courtesy of his niece Sharleen Jo-Anne Vesey and her husband Kevin.

Thomas Gerald Dennis
Final rank in Commando - Lance Sergeant.
Service number: 14241661
Liverpool Police intake to Achnacarry 29 July 1942.
Allocated to Cheshire Regiment.
Wounded at Lentini in 1943 and again in Amfreville in 1944.
Medically discharged in February 1945.
Medals 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45.

An accomplished boxer he is mentioned on several occasions in Brigadier Durnford-Slater's book Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 during their stay on Gibraltar. He was a Corporal at the time and Durnford-Slater describes him as the heavyweight boxer for the Commando Boxing Team which "cleaned up in the Gibraltar championships."

Thomas Gerald Dennis passed away on January 9th, 1963.