Walsh John Lawrence Lieutenant 162661
Personnel Entry
Name Walsh John Lawrence
Army number 162661
Rank Lieutenant
Decorations
Date of birth Born Norfolk 17/4/1922
Age 22
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 21/12/1940. Posted 70th Bn DLI. Posted and joined 10th Bn DLI 10/4/1943. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 28/6/1944 while serving with 10th Bn DLI.
Company/Battery 70th Bn - Bn HQ, B Company, 10th Bn - A, Bn HQ,
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role 70th Bn - Assistant Adjutant/ Intelligence Officer. 10th Bn - Duty Officer, Intelligence Officer 6/43.
Joined Brigade 10-Apr-43.
Promotions W/S Lt 21/6/1942.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 28-Jun-44.
Home address Resident of Plymouth. Son of Col Lawrence Waddington Walsh OBE and Norah Walsh, Barton Turf, Norfolk. Educated Sedbergh 1935 - 1940. Commemorated Panel 17, Column 1, Bayeux Memorial.
Source table 10DLI
