Russell James Thomas Darnell Lt 184188

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Name Russell James Thomas Darnell
Army number 184188
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 31
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 19/4/1941, Posted 10th Bn DLI 27/5/1941, Iceland, 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 Born 1913 South Shields. 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

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