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229357 Cpl. Thomas Arthur Wilson Royal Air Force from:Penrith My father-in-law, Thomas Arthur Wilson, was born in Sunderland on 29th December 1915. He moved to Penrith around 1936 to take employment as a postman, where he indulged his hobbies of fell walking, mountaineering and cycling. He joined the RAF in 1941 as a driver, and in December 1941 he was posted to RAF Habbaniya in Iraq. At some point during his time there he was promoted to Corporal. In Sept 1944 he returned to Britain to RAF Binbrook. There he met WAAF Marjorie Croft, a bomb-loader, and they were married in Grimsby in 1945 shortly before he was demobbed. He returned to Penrith where he resumed his employment as a postman and later Postal Inspector. He died in 1962 Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**