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|Surname and forenames=Singleton Lloyd Victor
 
|Surname and forenames=Singleton Lloyd Victor
 
|Army number=4692615
 
|Army number=4692615
|Rank=Pte
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|Rank=Private.
 
|Date of birth=Born Dewsbury 1918/19.
 
|Date of birth=Born Dewsbury 1918/19.
|Age=21
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|Age=21 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.  (Enlistment Book not available).  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940, posted 10th Bn DLI.  Served BEF.  Reported MISSING 10/5/1940 to 25/6/1940, now known to have been KILLED in ACTION 20/5/1940 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
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|Unit=Enlisted in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.  No date available as the Enlistment Books are missing.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940, and posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Reported MISSING 10/5/1940 to 25/6/1940, now known to have been KILLED in ACTION 20/5/1940 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
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|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
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|Company/Battery=Company not yet known.
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|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
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|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
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|Promotions=None known.
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|Wounded=Not yet known.
 
|Joined Brigade=18-Apr-40
 
|Joined Brigade=18-Apr-40
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
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|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  No details of initial interment as yet.  Buried Plot 8. Row A. Grave 4. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux. His headstone inscription reads : R.I.P.
|Home address=Resident of DewsburySon of Harvey and Louisa Singleton, Mirfield, Yorkshire.  Buried Plot 8. Row A. Grave 4. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
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|Home address=Resident of Dewsbury.  Son of Harvey and Louisa Singleton, Mirfield, Yorkshire. 
 
|Image Name=Singleton_L_V_4692615.JPG
 
|Image Name=Singleton_L_V_4692615.JPG
 
|Image Title=Pte L V Singleton's CWGC headstone.
 
|Image Title=Pte L V Singleton's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
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Latest revision as of 17:06, 28 January 2022

Personnel Entry

Pte L V Singleton's CWGC headstone.
Pte L V Singleton's CWGC headstone.

Name Singleton Lloyd Victor
Army number 4692615
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born Dewsbury 1918/19.
Age 21 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. No date available as the Enlistment Books are missing. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940, and posted to the 10th Battalion DLI. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Reported MISSING 10/5/1940 to 25/6/1940, now known to have been KILLED in ACTION 20/5/1940 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 18-Apr-40
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40. No details of initial interment as yet. Buried Plot 8. Row A. Grave 4. BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. His headstone inscription reads : R.I.P.
Home address Resident of Dewsbury. Son of Harvey and Louisa Singleton, Mirfield, Yorkshire.
Source table 10DLI