Difference between revisions of "Parkinson David Fortune Lt 249220"

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|Rank=Lt
 
|Rank=Lt
 
|Date of birth=Research indicates he was born in Halifax in 1921 - Mother's maiden name Fortune.
 
|Date of birth=Research indicates he was born in Halifax in 1921 - Mother's maiden name Fortune.
|Age=0
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|Age=23 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Gloucester Regiment - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 17/10/1942.  Served Normandy.  Attached to The Durham Light Infantry 6/7/1944, Posted 11th Bn DLI.  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.  Attached 2nd Bn East Yorkshire Regiment on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion.  KILLED in ACTION 27/2/1945 with 2nd Bn East Yorkshires.
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|Unit=Joined the Gloucester Regiment - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 17/10/1942.  Served Normandy.  Attached to The Durham Light Infantry 6/7/1944, posted to the 11th Battalion DLI.  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.  Attached 2nd Bn East Yorkshire Regiment on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion.  KILLED in ACTION 27/2/1945 with 2nd Bn East Yorkshires.
|Company/Battery=D
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|Company/Battery=D.
 
|Task or role=Platoon Commander.
 
|Task or role=Platoon Commander.
 
|Joined Brigade=06-Jul-44.
 
|Joined Brigade=06-Jul-44.
 
|Promotions=W/S Lt 17/4/1943.
 
|Promotions=W/S Lt 17/4/1943.
 
|Died/Killed in action=27-Feb-45.
 
|Died/Killed in action=27-Feb-45.
|Home address=No further family information as yet.  Resident of Bristol at the time of death.  Buried Grave 48. G. 7. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
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|Home address=No further family information as yet.  Resident of Bristol at the time of his death.  Buried Grave 48. G. 7. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
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Latest revision as of 13:48, 30 July 2019

Personnel Entry

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Name Parkinson David Fortune
Army number 249220
Rank Lt
Decorations
Date of birth Research indicates he was born in Halifax in 1921 - Mother's maiden name Fortune.
Age 23 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined the Gloucester Regiment - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 17/10/1942. Served Normandy. Attached to The Durham Light Infantry 6/7/1944, posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944. Attached 2nd Bn East Yorkshire Regiment on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion. KILLED in ACTION 27/2/1945 with 2nd Bn East Yorkshires.
Company/Battery D.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Platoon Commander.
Joined Brigade 06-Jul-44.
Promotions W/S Lt 17/4/1943.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 27-Feb-45.
Home address No further family information as yet. Resident of Bristol at the time of his death. Buried Grave 48. G. 7. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Source table 11DLI