View source for Gordon James Lance Sergeant 4469199

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|Surname and forenames=Gordon James
|Army number=4469199
|Rank=Lance Sergeant.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=(At the time of his death).Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry – date not yet available – and posted to the ? Battalion.  Posted to the Regimental Depot at Brancepeth as Non-permanent Staff - date and role not yet known.  Posted to Permanent Staff from Non-Permanent Staff 27/6/1942. Documents to the Duke of Wellington's Regiment 16/7/1942.  Re-posted to The Durham Light Infantry 22/4/1943 and posted to the 11th Battalion.  Served Normandy.  Wounded.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 7/2/1945.  Demobilised.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Possibly Platoon Sergeant or a specialised role.
|Joined Brigade=On being posted to the 11th Battalion.
|Promotions=None known beyond Lance Sergeant.
|Wounded=Yes – in Normandy – 27/6/1944.  His injuries were sufficiently serious for him to be discharged as unfit for further military service.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).  No details available as yet.
}}