Difference between revisions of "Delaney John James W/Lt 268954"
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|Date of birth=Born 22/1/1919 in Sunderland. Mother's maiden name Forbes. | |Date of birth=Born 22/1/1919 in Sunderland. Mother's maiden name Forbes. | ||
|Age=97 at the time of his death. | |Age=97 at the time of his death. | ||
| − | |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 27/3/43. Posted 10th Battalion DLI 28/4/1943, (Some returns, and his Gallantry Citation, show number as 268953). Short Service Commission as | + | |Unit=Family information suggests service in the ranks before being commissioned but this was NOT in the DLI or the RNF. Further detail required. Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 27/3/43. Posted 10th Battalion DLI 28/4/1943, (Some returns, and his Gallantry Citation, show number as 268953). Short Service Commission as Lieutenant 27/9/1943. Served Normandy. Wounded 28/6/1944. Regular Army Reserve of Officers 12/10/1952. Class 3 1/11/1954. Relinquished Commission 1/7/1959. |
|Company/Battery=D Company, HQ Company. | |Company/Battery=D Company, HQ Company. | ||
|Task or role=Rifle Platoon Commander, Battalion Signals Officer. | |Task or role=Rifle Platoon Commander, Battalion Signals Officer. | ||
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|Promotions=W/S Lt 27/9/43. T/Captain 28/10/45. Captain 27/3/49. | |Promotions=W/S Lt 27/9/43. T/Captain 28/10/45. Captain 27/3/49. | ||
|Wounded=Yes - 28/6/1944. Understood to have been wounded a second time - details not yet known. | |Wounded=Yes - 28/6/1944. Understood to have been wounded a second time - details not yet known. | ||
| − | |Died/Killed in action=Date of death 3/9/2016. | + | |Died/Killed in action=Date of death 3/9/2016 on Guernsey. |
| − | |Home address=Son of James Delaney (shipyard labourer. Died of wounds 26/3/1919 sustained while serving with the Green Howards.) and Jennie Forbes. Resident of Sunderland in 1944. Married - firstly - Charlotte Ellen May Stoneham - born 15/1/1910 - divorced around 1960. Married - secondly - Denise Elizabeth Grace Pigott (nee Erskine) on 9/2/1966 in Westminster. She died in 1979, aged 55. Maried - thirdly - Elizabeth in 1986. | + | |Home address=Son of James Delaney (shipyard labourer. Died of wounds 26/3/1919 sustained while serving with the Green Howards.) and Jennie Forbes. Resident of Sunderland in 1944. Married - firstly - Charlotte Ellen May Stoneham - born 15/1/1910 - in 1940 - divorced around 1960. Married - secondly - Denise Elizabeth Grace Pigott (nee Erskine) on 9/2/1966 in Westminster. She died in 1979, aged 55. Maried - thirdly - Elizabeth in 1986. Worked as a farmer and became a Director of Securicor. Lived in South Africa and on Guernsey |
|Source table=10DLI | |Source table=10DLI | ||
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Revision as of 17:09, 6 February 2022
Personnel Entry
Name Delaney James John
Army number 268954
Rank War Substantive Lieutenant.
Decorations Military Cross - gazetted 31/8/1944, Mentioned in Despatches - gazetted 31/8/1944. Legion d'honneur 2016.
Date of birth Born 22/1/1919 in Sunderland. Mother's maiden name Forbes.
Age 97 at the time of his death.
Unit Family information suggests service in the ranks before being commissioned but this was NOT in the DLI or the RNF. Further detail required. Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 27/3/43. Posted 10th Battalion DLI 28/4/1943, (Some returns, and his Gallantry Citation, show number as 268953). Short Service Commission as Lieutenant 27/9/1943. Served Normandy. Wounded 28/6/1944. Regular Army Reserve of Officers 12/10/1952. Class 3 1/11/1954. Relinquished Commission 1/7/1959.
Company/Battery D Company, HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Rifle Platoon Commander, Battalion Signals Officer.
Joined Brigade 28-Apr-43
Promotions W/S Lt 27/9/43. T/Captain 28/10/45. Captain 27/3/49.
Wounded Yes - 28/6/1944. Understood to have been wounded a second time - details not yet known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Date of death 3/9/2016 on Guernsey.
Home address Son of James Delaney (shipyard labourer. Died of wounds 26/3/1919 sustained while serving with the Green Howards.) and Jennie Forbes. Resident of Sunderland in 1944. Married - firstly - Charlotte Ellen May Stoneham - born 15/1/1910 - in 1940 - divorced around 1960. Married - secondly - Denise Elizabeth Grace Pigott (nee Erskine) on 9/2/1966 in Westminster. She died in 1979, aged 55. Maried - thirdly - Elizabeth in 1986. Worked as a farmer and became a Director of Securicor. Lived in South Africa and on Guernsey
Source table 10DLI
