Denny William Pte 3133881

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Personnel Entry

Pte W Denny's CWGC headstone.
Pte W Denny's CWGC headstone.

Name Denny William
Army number 3133881
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born Glasgow - date not yet known.
Age 0
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Scots Fusiliers - possibly 18/4/1940. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 26/6/40, posted 11th Bn DLI. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 27/6/44 with 11th Bn DLI.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 26/6/1940.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 27-Jun-44.
Home address Resident of Glasgow. No further family information as yet. Buried Grave IV. D. 6. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
Source table 11DLI

The image below - kindly supplied by Paddy Denny - shows William seated at lower left.

William Denny is seated at lower left of this image