Difference between revisions of "Vernals Leonard James L/Cpl 5255893"

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|Army number=5255893
 
|Army number=5255893
 
|Rank=L/Cpl
 
|Rank=L/Cpl
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
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|Date of birth=Born Birmingham 1915/16.
 
|Age=28
 
|Age=28
|Unit=Worcestershire Regiment - no enlistment details. Trf Rifle Brigade 21/6/1940. Not traced in Rifle Brigade Enlistment Books. Trf Somerset Light Infantry. Trf Durham Light Infantry - date not known,  Posted 10th Bn DLI.  Served Iceland?. Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 20/6/1944 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
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|Unit=Joined Worcestershire Regiment - no enlistment details. Trf Rifle Brigade 21/6/1940.   Not traced in Rifle Brigade Enlistment Books. Trf Somerset Light Infantry. Trf to The Durham Light Infantry - date not known,  Posted 10th Bn DLI.  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 20/6/1944 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
 
|Joined Brigade=Exact date not yet known.
 
|Joined Brigade=Exact date not yet known.
 
|Died/Killed in action=20-Jun-44
 
|Died/Killed in action=20-Jun-44
|Home address=Son of Albert Edward and Beatrice Maud Vernals, Husband of Lilian Annie Vernals, Birmingham.  Buried Grave I. G. 4. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.
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|Home address=Resident of Birmingham.  Son of Albert Edward and Beatrice Maud Vernals, Husband of Lilian Annie Vernals, Birmingham.  Buried Grave I. G. 4. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
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Name Vernals Leonard James
Army number 5255893
Rank L/Cpl
Decorations
Date of birth Born Birmingham 1915/16.
Age 28
Unit Joined Worcestershire Regiment - no enlistment details. Trf Rifle Brigade 21/6/1940. Not traced in Rifle Brigade Enlistment Books. Trf Somerset Light Infantry. Trf to The Durham Light Infantry - date not known, Posted 10th Bn DLI. Served Iceland? Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 20/6/1944 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Exact date not yet known.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-Jun-44
Home address Resident of Birmingham. Son of Albert Edward and Beatrice Maud Vernals, Husband of Lilian Annie Vernals, Birmingham. Buried Grave I. G. 4. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.
Source table 10DLI