View source for Rowell Thomas Henry 2/Lt 89754

{{Personnel
|id=2385
|Surname and forenames=Rowell Thomas Henry
|Army number=89754
|Rank=2/Lt
|Decorations=Territorial Efficiency Decoration 3/9/1984
|Date of birth=23/3/1914
|Age=84 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - enlisted as 4450771.  Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the 8th Battalion 17/6/1939.  Embodied 24/8/1939. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 1/9/39.  Attended 169 OCTU Course No 4 May 1940 (Confirmed by Weekly Return of Officers as at 5/5/1940).  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI.  Served Iceland.  Posted to No 4 ITC (Y List) by 1/10/1943.  Left ITC by 1/9/1944.  Released as Honorary Captain 1946.  Captain TARO 1/7/1950.  Ceased TARO liability 1/4/1964 on age grounds.
|Company/Battery=B Company, C Company, HQ Company, S Company.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=S Company - Mortar Platoon.
|Task or role=Battalion Messing & Gas Officer, Mortar Officer, Platoon Commander.
|Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39.
|Promotions=W/S Lt 1/1/1941, Captain 1/5/1947.
|Died/Killed in action=Death registered June 1998, Middlesbrough.
|Home address=Worked as a Salesman - Boot and Shoe trade - I W S Bainbridge & Co, Newcastle upon Tyne
|Source table=11DLI
}}

Lt Rowell was included on the Battalion Nominal Roll as at September 1939 but listed as in the UK (attending his OCTU Course) at the time of the B.E.F. Nominal Roll on 5/5/1940.