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|Date of birth=Born Lancashire 1912/13.
 
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|Unit=Enlisted in the South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales Volunteers) 18/4/40.  Trf to The Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, Posted 10th Bn DLI.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 11/7/44 while with 10th Bn DLI.
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|Unit=Enlisted in the South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales Volunteers) 18/4/40.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, posted 10th Bn DLI.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 11/7/44 while with 10th Bn DLI.
 
|Joined Brigade=27/6/1940.
 
|Joined Brigade=27/6/1940.
 
|Died/Killed in action=11-Jul-44
 
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Corporal Jimmy Rowley was a friend of the late Vane Dyson and appears in one of Vane's Iceland photographs as follows:-
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[[File:Jimmy_Rowley_at_Akranes.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|Corporal James Rowley at Akranes]]

Revision as of 11:20, 18 April 2020

Personnel Entry

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Name Rowley James
Army number 3658470
Rank Cpl
Decorations
Date of birth Born Lancashire 1912/13.
Age 27
Unit Enlisted in the South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales Volunteers) 18/4/40. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, posted 10th Bn DLI. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 11/7/44 while with 10th Bn DLI.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 27-Jun-40
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 11-Jul-44
Home address Resident of Lancashire. Son of James and Agnes Rowley, Widnes. Buried Grave III. G. 2. Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery.
Source table 10DLI


Corporal Jimmy Rowley was a friend of the late Vane Dyson and appears in one of Vane's Iceland photographs as follows:-

Corporal James Rowley at Akranes