Difference between revisions of "Lang Thomas Melville Capt 87009"

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|Rank=Capt
 
|Rank=Capt
 
|Age=0
 
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|Unit=Cadet Cpl Kelvinside Academy OTC. Highland Light Infantry - TA 2/Lt 19/4/1939, Att'd Durham Light Infantry, Posted 11th Bn DLI 21/6/1940, Iceland, With Residue in Normandy 6/5/44 - rejoined 11th Bn 13/7/1944.  With the Bn on disbandment 26/8/1944. Att'd 2nd Devons
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|Unit=Cadet Corporal Kelvinside Academy OTC. Joined the Highland Light Infantry - TA - commissioned as a 2/Lt 19/4/1939.  Attached to The Durham Light InfantryPosted to the 11th Battalion DLI 21/6/1940.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  With the Residue in Normandy 6/5/44 - rejoined 11th Battalion 13/7/1944.  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944. Attached to the 2nd Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment.
|Company/Battery=E, B, S, HQ,
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|Company/Battery=E, B, S, HQ.
|Task or role=O.C., Coy Cdr 19/4/1942
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|Task or role=O.C., Company Commander 19/4/1942.
 
|Joined Brigade=21-Jun-40
 
|Joined Brigade=21-Jun-40
|Promotions=W/S Lt & T/Capt 1/12/40, T/Maj 13/5/45
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|Promotions=W/S Lt & T/Capt 1/12/40, T/Maj 13/5/45.
 
|Home address=
 
|Home address=
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
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Revision as of 15:38, 6 June 2019

Personnel Entry

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Name Lang Thomas Melville
Army number 87009
Rank Capt
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 0
Unit Cadet Corporal Kelvinside Academy OTC. Joined the Highland Light Infantry - TA - commissioned as a 2/Lt 19/4/1939. Attached to The Durham Light Infantry. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 21/6/1940. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. With the Residue in Normandy 6/5/44 - rejoined 11th Battalion 13/7/1944. With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944. Attached to the 2nd Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment.
Company/Battery E, B, S, HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role O.C., Company Commander 19/4/1942.
Joined Brigade 21-Jun-40
Promotions W/S Lt & T/Capt 1/12/40, T/Maj 13/5/45.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address
Source table 11DLI