Thomas was aged 25 and seeking work in September 1939. A Thomas Henry WOOD, with the correct birth date, died in Colchester, Essex in 1983, aged 58.
No marriage for a Thomas WOOD was found near Winchcombe, but perhaps he was married elsewhere. There was only one marriage of a Thomas WOOD in Colchester - in 1973 - which would be late.
It's possible that Thomas enlisted in the Royal Artillery on 8 Aug 1944, when aged 19, and served in Europe and in the British Army on the Rhine thereafter, being discharged in late 1950. Perhaps this was the connection to Colchester, but Thomas Henry WOOD was a common name, and this record most likely applies to another man.
