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|Date of birth=6/12/1918
 
|Date of birth=6/12/1918
 
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|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 8th Bn DLI 21/6/1939, Embodied 24/8/1939, Posted 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39, B.E.F.- Weekly Return of Officers as at 5/5/1940 shows him as Rear Party Officer in the UK, Iceland, Commanding Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944, Trf Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Posted 7th Bn DoWR as second in command, Commanded 7th Bn DoWR, Released 1946 as Hon Lt Col, TARO - Major 1/4/1948
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|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 8th Bn DLI 21/6/1939. Embodied 24/8/1939. Posted 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39. B.E.F.- Weekly Return of Officers as at 5/5/1940 shows him as Rear Party Officer in the UK. Served Iceland.  Served Normandy. Commanding Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944. Trf Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Posted 7th Bn DoWR as second in command. Commanded 7th Bn DoWR. Released 1946 as Hon Lt Col, TARO - Major 1/4/1948.
|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, C Company, D Company, Bn HQ
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|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, C Company, D Company, Bn HQ.
 
|Task or role=Signals Officer, Adjutant 4/7/1940,  Company Commander, 2 i/c 4/8/1942, C.O. 8/8/1944
 
|Task or role=Signals Officer, Adjutant 4/7/1940,  Company Commander, 2 i/c 4/8/1942, C.O. 8/8/1944
 
|Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39
 
|Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39

Revision as of 18:31, 17 September 2015

Personnel Entry

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Name Hamilton Charles Denis
Army number 90293
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations D.S.O. 5/4/1945, T.D. 1975
Date of birth 6/12/1918
Age 0
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 8th Bn DLI 21/6/1939. Embodied 24/8/1939. Posted 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39. B.E.F.- Weekly Return of Officers as at 5/5/1940 shows him as Rear Party Officer in the UK. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Commanding Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944. Trf Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Posted 7th Bn DoWR as second in command. Commanded 7th Bn DoWR. Released 1946 as Hon Lt Col, TARO - Major 1/4/1948.
Company/Battery Bn HQ, C Company, D Company, Bn HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Signals Officer, Adjutant 4/7/1940, Company Commander, 2 i/c 4/8/1942, C.O. 8/8/1944
Joined Brigade 01-Sep-39
Promotions A/Captain 4/7/1940, W/S Lt and T/Captain 10/9/1940, W/S Captain and T/Major 20/9/1941, A/Lt-Col 8/8/1944, T/Lt-Col 5/4/1945.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 7/4/1988
Home address Son of Charles and Helene Hamilton. Educated Middlesbrough High School and London University. Married 1939 Olive, daughter of Thomas Hedley Wanless.
Source table 11DLI

Author of the autobiography "Editor in Chief" published 1989 by Hamish Hamilton Ltd.

For his Wikipedia entry see here

For his Encyclopaedia Britannica Entry see here

For a National Portrait gallery image see here

For a Sunday Times article and the link to Ian Fleming see here