Difference between revisions of "Russell James Thomas Darnell Lt 184188"
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|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 19/4/1941. Posted 10th Bn DLI 27/5/1941. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Bn The Durham Light Infantry. | |Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 19/4/1941. Posted 10th Bn DLI 27/5/1941. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Bn The Durham Light Infantry. | ||
| − | |Company/Battery=S | + | |Company/Battery=S. |
| − | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Pioneer, Mortar, Carrier | + | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Pioneer, Mortar, Carrier. |
|Task or role=Duty Officer, Platoon Commander. | |Task or role=Duty Officer, Platoon Commander. | ||
|Joined Brigade=27/5/1941. | |Joined Brigade=27/5/1941. | ||
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|Died/Killed in action=29-Jun-44. | |Died/Killed in action=29-Jun-44. | ||
|Home address=Resident of Paisley. Son of Thomas Gatehouse and Alice Lena Russell (nee Cook), husband of Sarah Peacock Wilson Russell, 61, Stubbington Avenue, Portsmouth. Buried Grave IV. E. 13. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel. | |Home address=Resident of Paisley. Son of Thomas Gatehouse and Alice Lena Russell (nee Cook), husband of Sarah Peacock Wilson Russell, 61, Stubbington Avenue, Portsmouth. Buried Grave IV. E. 13. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel. | ||
| + | |Image Name=Russell_J_T_D_10_DLI.JPG | ||
| + | |Image Title=Lt J T D Russell's CWGC headstone. | ||
|Source table=10DLI | |Source table=10DLI | ||
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Revision as of 20:43, 28 November 2016
Personnel Entry
Name Russell James Thomas Darnell
Army number 184188
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth Born South Shields 1912/13.
Age 31
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 19/4/1941. Posted 10th Bn DLI 27/5/1941. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Bn The Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery S.
Platoon or other sub-unit Pioneer, Mortar, Carrier.
Task or role Duty Officer, Platoon Commander.
Joined Brigade 27/5/1941.
Promotions W/S Lt 1/10/1942, T/Captain 30/7/1943.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 29-Jun-44.
Home address Resident of Paisley. Son of Thomas Gatehouse and Alice Lena Russell (nee Cook), husband of Sarah Peacock Wilson Russell, 61, Stubbington Avenue, Portsmouth. Buried Grave IV. E. 13. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
Source table 10DLI
