Difference between revisions of "Sotheran Frederick Charles Lance Sergeant 4458159"
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|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1918/19. | |Date of birth=Born County Durham 1918/19. | ||
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|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date but probably mid-1939. Posted ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted 10th Battalion DLI - probably September 1939. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. DIED of WOUNDS sustained 20/6/1944 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry. | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date but probably mid-1939. Posted ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted 10th Battalion DLI - probably September 1939. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. DIED of WOUNDS sustained 20/6/1944 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry. | ||
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. | |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. | ||
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|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | ||
|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifle Platoon Sergeant. | |Task or role=Not known but probably Rifle Platoon Sergeant. | ||
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|Promotions=None known beyond Lance Sergeant. | |Promotions=None known beyond Lance Sergeant. | ||
|Wounded=Yes - reported wounded N W Europe 20/6/1944. | |Wounded=Yes - reported wounded N W Europe 20/6/1944. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:45, 25 February 2022
Personnel Entry
Name Sotheran Frederick Charles
Army number 4458159
Rank Lance Sergeant
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born County Durham 1918/19.
Age 25 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date but probably mid-1939. Posted ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted 10th Battalion DLI - probably September 1939. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. DIED of WOUNDS sustained 20/6/1944 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 Rifle Platoon Sergeant.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond Lance Sergeant.
Wounded Yes - reported wounded N W Europe 20/6/1944.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action DIED of WOUNDS 20-Jun-44. Initially interred in Ryes Temporary Cemetery - Map reference 7E/5 1/50,000 862.822. Re-buried 13/2/1945 in Grave IV. G. 4. Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville. Headstone inscription reads : NO GREATER SACRIFICE.
Home address Resident of County Durham. Son of Mr and Mrs Fred Sotheran, Murton Colliery.
Source table 10DLI
