View source for Brewis James 2/Lt 89565

{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Brewis James
|Army number=89656 (according to CWGC).
|Rank=2/Lt
|Decorations=M.C. 19/10/1944
|Date of birth=Born County Durham April 1920.
|Age=24 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Commissioned in The Durham Light Infantry - as a 2/Lt in the 8th Bn 17/6/1939.  Embodied 24/8/39.  Posted to the 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39.  Served B.E.F.  Served Iceland.  Instructor - 49th Division Battle School.  Served Normandy.  Wounded and evacuated beyond Regimental Aid Post 1/7/1944.  DIED of WOUNDS 6/7/1944 while with 11th Bn DLI.
|Company/Battery=A Coy, C Coy, D Company.
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=D Company HQ.
|Task or role=Platoon Commander, D Company 2i/c 12/7/1943, Company Commander 27/6/1944.
|Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39.
|Promotions=T/Captain, A/Major.
|Wounded=1/7/1944.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED of WOUNDS 06-Jul-44.  Initially interred in the Jerusalem Temporary Cemetery alongside other Brigade casualties - Map 7F/1 reference 816.724.  Re-buried 20/2/1945 in Grave III. J. 9. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "O VALIANT HEART AND TRUE".
|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of William and Edith Jane Brewis, Whittingham, Northumberland.  Home - Inverdene, New Washington, County Durham.  
|Source table=11DLI
}}

Battalion records show his number as 98565. Ranked as Major at the time of his death.