Thomas John Foreshew
Person details
| Forename(s) | Thomas John |
|---|---|
| Surname | Foreshew |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Rifle Brigade |
| Age | 21 |
| Death | Killed in action |
| Place of Death | Western Europe > France > Normandy |
| Date of Death | 15/06/1944 |
| Year of Entry | 1937 |
| House Letter | F |
| School Notes | - |
| Comments | One of three close friends all killed in the summer of 1944 - Robin Whitehead, John Foreshew, Robin Ellis |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | 1st Battalion |
| Prefect | House Prefect |
| Military Decorations | - |
| Album Number | 22 |
| Battle | Villers-Bocage |
| Previous Regiment | - |
| Burial or Cemetery | France > Bayeux, Normandy |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | |
| Prep School | Upland House, Crawley |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary | November 19 1944. In June 1944, killed in action in Normany, Thomas John Foreshew, Lieut, Rifle Brigade (E), (Hedgecock's-Southam's, F, 1937-41). John Foreshew came from his Preparatory School with a reputation as a good all-round athlete, and before leaving Radley he had lived up to this by representing the School in Cricket, Football and Hockey. An invaluable member of the Social both in games and as a House Prefect, his simple and sincere personality endeared him to all who knew him, and one of his contemporaries writes of him: - "I have never had the pleasure to met a more genuine and whole-hearted bloke than old Fishy." He was wounded in Italy in October 1943, and we hoped that he would be spared further fighting, but this was not to be. |
| Service Number | 245342 |
| Place of Birth |
