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Thomas Michael Shelby was born in Small Heath, Birmingham, England in 1890, the son of an Irish Traveller immigrant father and a mother of Romani extraction. He was the son of Arthur Shelby, Sr. and the brother of Arthur Shelby, John Shelby, Ada Thorne, and Finn Shelby, and the brothers were involved with the organized crime gang, the Peaky Blinders, during their youths. They were both drafted into the British Army during World War I, and Tommy Shelby served as a sapper and a Sergeant-Major in the Small Heath Rifles; his childhood friend Freddie Thorne once saved his life. His actions at the 1914 Battle of Mons saved thousands of Allied lives, and he was also recognized for his bravery at the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Verdun. His flawless conduct earned him the Military Medal and the Distinguished Conduct Medal