Russell James Thomas Darnell Lt 184188

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Lt J T D Russell's CWGC headstone.
Lt J T D Russell's CWGC headstone.

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

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