Difference between revisions of "Sanderson Harry Keith Lieutenant 284905"

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|Rank=Lieutenant
 
|Rank=Lieutenant
 
|Date of birth=Born Hull 1918.
 
|Date of birth=Born Hull 1918.
|Age=26
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|Age=26 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Royal Artillery - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 2/7/1943.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry under WOPL No 557 dated 14/1/1944, posted 10th Bn DLI - joined 28/1/1944.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 19/8/1944 with 10th Bn The Durham Light Infantry.
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|Unit=Royal Artillery - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 2/7/1943.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry under WOPL No 557 dated 14/1/1944, and posted to the 10th Bn DLI - joined 28/1/1944.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 19/8/1944 with 10th Bn The Durham Light Infantry.
 
|Company/Battery=A Company, Bn HQ.
 
|Company/Battery=A Company, Bn HQ.
 
|Task or role=Company 2 i/c, Intelligence Officer 18/6/1944.
 
|Task or role=Company 2 i/c, Intelligence Officer 18/6/1944.
 
|Joined Brigade=22-Jan-44.
 
|Joined Brigade=22-Jan-44.
|Died/Killed in action=19-Aug-44.
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|Died/Killed in action=19-Aug-44.  Interred initially at Le Mesnil Mauger, Map 7F/4 reference 314576.
|Home address=Resident of Hull.  Son of Harry Herbert and Maude Annie Sanderson, Hull.  Buried Grave XV. E. 7.  Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery.
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|Home address=Resident of Hull.  Son of Harry Herbert and Maude Annie Sanderson, Hull.  Re-buried 17/7/1946 in Grave XV. E. 7.  Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads "I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU".
 
|Image Name=Sanderson_H_K_10_DLI.JPG
 
|Image Name=Sanderson_H_K_10_DLI.JPG
 
|Image Title=Capt H K Sanderson's CWGC headstone.
 
|Image Title=Capt H K Sanderson's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
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Revision as of 10:46, 1 October 2018

Personnel Entry

Capt H K Sanderson's CWGC headstone.
Capt H K Sanderson's CWGC headstone.

Name Sanderson Harry Keith
Army number 284905
Rank Lieutenant
Decorations
Date of birth Born Hull 1918.
Age 26 at the time of his death.
Unit Royal Artillery - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 2/7/1943. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry under WOPL No 557 dated 14/1/1944, and posted to the 10th Bn DLI - joined 28/1/1944. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 19/8/1944 with 10th Bn The Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery A Company, Bn HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Company 2 i/c, Intelligence Officer 18/6/1944.
Joined Brigade 22-Jan-44.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 19-Aug-44. Interred initially at Le Mesnil Mauger, Map 7F/4 reference 314576.
Home address Resident of Hull. Son of Harry Herbert and Maude Annie Sanderson, Hull. Re-buried 17/7/1946 in Grave XV. E. 7. Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads "I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU".
Source table 10DLI