Difference between revisions of "Hayes Geoffrey Nigel 2/Lt 256470"

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|Rank=2/Lt
 
|Rank=2/Lt
 
|Decorations=None so far as is known beyond WW2 servicce medals.
 
|Decorations=None so far as is known beyond WW2 servicce medals.
|Date of birth=28/8/1923
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|Date of birth=28/8/1923 in Tynemouth - mother's maiden surname Ingram.
 
|Age=76 at the time of his death.
 
|Age=76 at the time of his death.
 
|Unit=Cadet - 166 OCTU, Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 19/12/1942.  Posted to the 14th Bn DLI.  Posted to the 11th Bn DLI 30/4/1943.  Left the Battalion by January 1944 according to Field Returns.  Posted to the 14th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the  Army Air Corps 28/10/1944.  Posted to the Parachute Regiment.  Unemployed list 1946.
 
|Unit=Cadet - 166 OCTU, Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 19/12/1942.  Posted to the 14th Bn DLI.  Posted to the 11th Bn DLI 30/4/1943.  Left the Battalion by January 1944 according to Field Returns.  Posted to the 14th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the  Army Air Corps 28/10/1944.  Posted to the Parachute Regiment.  Unemployed list 1946.
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|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Death registered December 1999, North Yorkshire.
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|Died/Killed in action=Died Scarborough Hospital 14/12/1999.  Death registered December 1999, North Yorkshire.  Funeral St Oswald's Church, Filey - cremated ashes scattered in Churchyard.
|Home address=
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|Home address=Father - Geoffrey Hayes (1887 - 1976).  Mother - Gladys Mary Ingram (1897 - 1962).  Married Eileen M Fenton (1923 - 1991) in Leeds, October 1943.
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
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Revision as of 11:44, 28 May 2019

Personnel Entry

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Name Hayes Geoffrey Nigel
Army number 256470
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations None so far as is known beyond WW2 servicce medals.
Date of birth 28/8/1923 in Tynemouth - mother's maiden surname Ingram.
Age 76 at the time of his death.
Unit Cadet - 166 OCTU, Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 19/12/1942. Posted to the 14th Bn DLI. Posted to the 11th Bn DLI 30/4/1943. Left the Battalion by January 1944 according to Field Returns. Posted to the 14th Bn DLI. Transferred to the Army Air Corps 28/10/1944. Posted to the Parachute Regiment. Unemployed list 1946.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Platoon Commander.
Joined Brigade 30/4/1943.
Promotions W/S Lt 19/6/1943.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died Scarborough Hospital 14/12/1999. Death registered December 1999, North Yorkshire. Funeral St Oswald's Church, Filey - cremated ashes scattered in Churchyard.
Home address Father - Geoffrey Hayes (1887 - 1976). Mother - Gladys Mary Ingram (1897 - 1962). Married Eileen M Fenton (1923 - 1991) in Leeds, October 1943.
Source table 11DLI