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Pte. Norman Goldthorpe
British Army 5th Btn. Northamptionshire Regiment
from:Peterborough
Norman Goldthorpe was born on 12th February 1910 in Ossett, West Yorkshire. Settled in Peterborough as young man and held many labouring jobs.
He enlisted on the 6th April 1939 into the 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment and mobilised on the 2nd of September 1939. Served in France from 11th of January before being evacuated from Dunkirk on the 4th of June 1940. The regiment spent time in the UK until the 15th October 1942 when they went to North Africa (Tunis and Algiers).
On the 11th of December 1943 he returned to UK on findings of medical board following mental health issues and graded as category c and was demobbed on 25th of December 1945 into reservists but was never called up. He returned to Ossett after the war, after his marriage had broken down.

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