Glew Walter Pte 4470068

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Name Glew Walter
Army number 4470068
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born County Durham 1921/22.
Age 22
Unit Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, Posted 10th Bn DLI. Served Iceland? Served Normandy. DIED of WOUNDS 11/9/1944 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 11-Sep-44
Home address Resident of County Durham. Son of Thomas and Rebecca Glew, Crookhall, Consett. Buried Grave II. B. 4. Leopoldsburg War Cemetery.
Source table 10DLI


Pte Glew is shown as a 10th Battalion casualty although the Battalion was disbanded at the end of August 1944. It is assumed, as he died of wounds, that he was injured in one of the later engagements in which the Battalion was engaged and actually died of his wounds some weeks later. This requires confirmation.