Difference between revisions of "Davis John Arnold Pte 4457944"

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|Date of birth=Born Yorkshire 1918/19.
 
|Date of birth=Born Yorkshire 1918/19.
 
|Age=21
 
|Age=21
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Posted 10th Bn DLI.  Served BEF.  Posted Missing 11/5 to 20/6/1940.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/1940  with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.  (Enlistment Book records date as 30/5/43 - thought to be clerical error).
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|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but possibly Summer 1939.  Posted ? 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI - possibly 1/9/1939.  Served BEF.  Posted Missing 11/5 to 20/6/1940.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/1940  with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.  (Enlistment Book records date as 30/5/43 - thought to be clerical error).
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
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|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
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|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
 
|Home address=Resident of Leeds.  Son of Eli and Emma Davis, Leeds.  Commemorated Column 122, Dunkirk Memorial.
 
|Home address=Resident of Leeds.  Son of Eli and Emma Davis, Leeds.  Commemorated Column 122, Dunkirk Memorial.
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
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Revision as of 18:12, 1 December 2016

Personnel Entry

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Name Davis John Arnold
Army number 4457944
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born Yorkshire 1918/19.
Age 21
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but possibly Summer 1939. Posted ? 6th Bn DLI. Posted 10th Bn DLI - possibly 1/9/1939. Served BEF. Posted Missing 11/5 to 20/6/1940. Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/1940 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry. (Enlistment Book records date as 30/5/43 - thought to be clerical error).
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40.
Home address Resident of Leeds. Son of Eli and Emma Davis, Leeds. Commemorated Column 122, Dunkirk Memorial.
Source table 10DLI

Dunkirk Memorial