Difference between revisions of "Allen Phillip Norman L/Cpl 14547281"

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|Surname and forenames=Allen Phillip Norman
 
|Surname and forenames=Allen Phillip Norman
 
|Army number=14547281
 
|Army number=14547281
|Rank=L/Cpl
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|Rank=Lance Corporal.
 
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
 
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=0
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|Age=Age at the time of his death not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in the General Service Corps - no enlistment date as yet.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry (date not yet confirmed), posted 10th Bn DLI.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.
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|Unit=Enlisted in the General Service Corps - no enlistment date as yet.  Underwent Basic Training - probably at a Primary Training Centre.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry (date not yet confirmed), posted 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry.
 
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
 
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
|Died/Killed in action=29-Jun-44.
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|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 29-Jun-44 - probably at Rauray. Initially interred alongside other Battalion casualties at Rauray - Map Sheet 7F/1  1/50,000 reference 892,655Reburied 26/4/1945 in Grave IV. E. 14. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery.  No headstone inscription or age details.
|Home address=Son of Charles Hereward and Evelyn Phyllis Allen, St Giles, LincolnBuried Grave IV. E. 14. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery.
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|Image Name=Allen_P_N_10_DLI.JPG
 
|Image Name=Allen_P_N_10_DLI.JPG
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|Home address=Son of Charles Hereward and Evelyn Phyllis Allen (nee Cope), St Giles, Lincoln. 
 
|Image Title=L/Cpl P N Allen's CWGC headstone.
 
|Image Title=L/Cpl P N Allen's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
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CWGC information indicates that L/Cpl Allen was born in Rochdale - research in genealogical records has not yet traced this event.
 

Latest revision as of 10:25, 30 April 2021

Personnel Entry

L/Cpl P N Allen's CWGC headstone.
L/Cpl P N Allen's CWGC headstone.

Name Allen Phillip Norman
Army number 14547281
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age Age at the time of his death not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the General Service Corps - no enlistment date as yet. Underwent Basic Training - probably at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry (date not yet confirmed), posted 10th Battalion DLI. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 29-Jun-44 - probably at Rauray. Initially interred alongside other Battalion casualties at Rauray - Map Sheet 7F/1 1/50,000 reference 892,655. Reburied 26/4/1945 in Grave IV. E. 14. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery. No headstone inscription or age details.
Home address Son of Charles Hereward and Evelyn Phyllis Allen (nee Cope), St Giles, Lincoln.
Source table 10DLI