Delaney John James W/Lt 268954
Personnel Entry
Name Delaney James John
Army number 268954
Rank War Substantive Lieutenant.
Decorations M.C., MiD 31/8/1944.
Date of birth Research indicates he was probably born Q2 1922 in Sunderland. Mother's maiden name Pattison (to be confirmed).
Age 97 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 27/3/43. Posted 10th Bn DLI 28/4/1943, (Some returns, and his Gallantry Citation, show number as 268953). Short Service Commission as Lt 27/9/1943. Served Normandy. Wounded 28/6/1944. Regular Army Reserve of Officers 12/10/1952. Class 3 1/11/1954. 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.
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.
Source table 10DLI
