View source for Layfield Joseph Pte 3775137

{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Layfield Joseph
|Army number=3775137
|Rank=Pte
|Date of birth=Not yet known but probably 1920.
|Age=23
|Unit=King's Regiment - enlisted 15/1/1940. Posted 4th Holding Bn 11/5/1940. Posted 50th Holding Bn 6/6/1940.  Trf Durham Light Infantry 6/9/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI.  ? Served Iceland.  Trf Black Watch 11/5/1942, Posted 7th Bn, Docs to Perth 19/5/1942.  Posted 1st Bn Black Watch - date not known.  KILLED in ACTION 23/9/1943 with 1st Bn Black Watch - reference Cable 02ENA29141, AFB104 - 91/5/142.
|Joined Brigade=06-Sep-40
|Died/Killed in action=23/9/1943.
|Home address=Son of Robert and Sarah E. Layfield, of Birkenhead.  Buried Grave V.E.21 Salerno War Cemetery.
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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