Holcroft Sidney RSM 4450101

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Name Holcroft Sidney
Army number 4450101
Rank RSM
Decorations MiD 9/8/1945
Date of birth
Age 0
Unit Enlisted Durham Light Infantry March 1933, R, Posted 1st Bn. Regimental Depot, Posted 10th Bn DLI as RSM (date not known), Posted 9th Bn DLI as Acting Quartermaster, Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as Lt(QM) 19/11/1945, QM 9th Bn DLI November 1945 to 1948. Unemployed List 1948.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Weapons Instructor at Depot at September 1939, RSM, Quartermaster.
Joined Brigade
Promotions RSM, Lt(QM), T/Captain 15/9/1947
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 16/3/1982 aged 70.
Home address Secretary of Durham Branch of DLI Association. Died at home - 120 Bradford Crescent, Sunderland Road, Durham. Funeral 18/3/1982 at St Giles, Durham.
Source table 10DLI