Wait Ernest Murray Craigmile 2/Lt 129959

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Name Wait Ernest Murray Craigmile
Army number 129959
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations M.i.D. 24/6/1943 for services in Malta
Date of birth 15/7/1918
Age 0
Unit Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment - Emergency Commission 20/4/1940, Attached Durham Light Infantry, Posted to 11th Bn DLI 21/6/1940, Struck off strength due to illness 24/9/1940, Posted 1 Bn DLI 1941, Posted to Brigade HQ, 6th Infantry Brigade 14/4/1942, Trf as W/S Lt to Durham Light Infantry 6/5/1942, retaining seniority, Prisoner of War, Released 1945, Unemployed list 1946 as Hon Captain.
Company/Battery 1st Bn - A Company, 6th Inf Bde - Bde HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role 1st Bn - Company 2 i/c, 6th Inf Bde - Brigade Motor transport Officer
Joined Brigade 21-Jun-40
Promotions W/S Lt 20/10/1941, A/Captain 24/1/1942, T/Captain 24/4/1942
Wounded
Prisoner of War O7B Eichstatt Number 4305
Died/Killed in action Death registered March 1977, aged 58, Harlow, Warwickshire.
Home address Served Malta - for which Mention in Despatches was awarded.
Source table 11DLI

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