Difference between revisions of "Rowe Cyril Desmond Cpl 4461625"
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| + | |Date of birth=Research suggests Rowe was born in Penzance, Cornwall in 1910. | ||
|Decorations=M.M. | |Decorations=M.M. | ||
|Age=24 | |Age=24 | ||
| − | |Unit=Durham Light Infantry | + | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry (probably Summer 1940). Posted 11th Bn DLI. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Trf Dorsetshire Regiment 28/8/44. Posted 1st Bn Dorsets. KILLED in ACTION 4/10/44 with 1st Bn Dorsetshire Regiment. |
| − | |Promotions=L/Sgt, Sgt | + | |Joined Brigade=Exact date not known but probably Summer 1940. |
| + | |Promotions=L/Sgt, Sgt. | ||
|Source table=11DLI | |Source table=11DLI | ||
|Died/Killed in action=04-Oct-44 | |Died/Killed in action=04-Oct-44 | ||
| − | |Home address=Research | + | |Home address=Research indicates that he married Mary Harvey in Penzance in 1935. Buried Grave 13.A.12. Arnhem Oosterbeeck War Cemetery. |
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| + | To read his CWGC Commemorative Record please click [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2661517/ROWE,%20CYRIL%20DESMOND here]. | ||
Revision as of 11:41, 6 April 2015
Personnel Entry
Name Rowe Cyril Desmond
Army number 4461625
Rank Cpl
Decorations M.M.
Date of birth Research suggests Rowe was born in Penzance, Cornwall in 1910.
Age 24
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry (probably Summer 1940). Posted 11th Bn DLI. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Trf Dorsetshire Regiment 28/8/44. Posted 1st Bn Dorsets. KILLED in ACTION 4/10/44 with 1st Bn Dorsetshire Regiment.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Exact date not known but probably Summer 1940.
Promotions L/Sgt, Sgt.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 04-Oct-44
Home address Research indicates that he married Mary Harvey in Penzance in 1935. Buried Grave 13.A.12. Arnhem Oosterbeeck War Cemetery.
Source table 11DLI
To read his CWGC Commemorative Record please click here.
