Bansall Ian Aitken Lieutenant 137292 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|id=2404
|Surname and forenames=Bansall Ian Aitken
|Army number=137292
|Rank=Lieutenant
|Age=24
|Unit=11 DLI
|Died/Killed in action=27/6/1944 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of John Wilson and Katherine Malcolm Bansall, Norton, Stockton.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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		+	We are grateful to Paul Errington for supplying a more recent image of Captain Bansall's heeadstone, taken during a visit to Normandy in 2019. This is shown below.
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		+	[[File:A_L_Bansall_(2).jpg\|400px\|thumb\|centre\|Captain Bansall's headstone with an accompanying photograph of him.]]

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 |Army number=137292
 |Rank=Lieutenant
 |Date of birth=Born Angus 10-Feb-20.
 |Age=24 at the time of his death.
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 |Joined Brigade=28-Apr-43.
 |Promotions=W/S Lt 22/12/41, A/Capt 29/10/41, T/Capt 29/1/42.
-|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 27-Jun-44.  Initially interred at Rauray, alongside other Brigade casualties, Map sheet 7F/1 reference 885.661.  Re-buried 26/4/1945 in Grave IV. E. 3. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.  Headstone inscription reads:- "ONE OF THE MANY FAITHFUL DURHAMS WHO DID SO MUCH FOR SO MANY OF US".
+|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 27-Jun-44.  Initially interred at Rauray, alongside other Brigade casualties, Map sheet 7F/1 reference 885.661.
-|Home address=Resident of Durham City.  Son of  Major John Wilson and Katherine Malcolm Bansall, Norton, Stockton.  Educated Durham School and St John's College, Cambridge (Science).
+|Home address=Resident of Durham City.  Son of  Major John Wilson and Katherine Malcolm Bansall, Norton, Stockton.  Educated Durham School and St John's College, Cambridge (Science).  Re-buried 26/4/1945 in Grave IV. E. 3. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.  Headstone inscription reads:- "ONE OF THE MANY FAITHFUL DURHAMS WHO DID SO MUCH FOR SO MANY OF US".
 |Image Name=Bansall_I_A_11_DLI.JPG
 |Image Title=Capt I A Bansall's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Rank=Lieutenant
 |Date of birth=Born Angus 10-Feb-20.
-|Age=24
+|Age=24 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 22/6/1940.  Posted 14th Bn DLI 4/7/1940.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 28/4/1943.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 27/6/1944 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
+|Unit=The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 22/6/1940.  Posted 14th Bn DLI 4/7/1940.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 28/4/1943.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 27/6/1944 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
-|Company/Battery=S in 14th, A Company in 11th.
+|Company/Battery=Support Company in 14th Battalion.  A Company in 11th Battalion.  B Company in 11th Battalion.
-|Platoon or other sub-unit=14th Bn - Carrier Platoon.
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=14th Bn - Carrier Platoon.  B Company HQ.
-|Task or role=2 i/c, Duty Officer.
+|Task or role=2 i/c, Duty Officer.  Company 2 i/c in B Company, 11th Battalion.
 |Joined Brigade=28-Apr-43.
 |Promotions=W/S Lt 22/12/41, A/Capt 29/10/41, T/Capt 29/1/42.
-|Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44.
+|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 27-Jun-44.  Initially interred at Rauray, alongside other Brigade casualties, Map sheet 7F/1 reference 885.661.  Re-buried 26/4/1945 in Grave IV. E. 3. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.  Headstone inscription reads:- "ONE OF THE MANY FAITHFUL DURHAMS WHO DID SO MUCH FOR SO MANY OF US".
-|Home address=Resident of Durham City.  Son of  Major John Wilson and Katherine Malcolm Bansall, Norton, Stockton.  Educated Durham School and St John's College, Cambridge (Science).  Buried Grave IV. E. 3. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
+|Home address=Resident of Durham City.  Son of  Major John Wilson and Katherine Malcolm Bansall, Norton, Stockton.  Educated Durham School and St John's College, Cambridge (Science).
 |Image Name=Bansall_I_A_11_DLI.JPG
 |Image Title=Capt I A Bansall's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Army number=137292
 |Rank=Lieutenant
-|Date of birth=Born Angus 10-Feb-20
+|Date of birth=Born Angus 10-Feb-20.
 |Age=24
 |Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 22/6/1940.  Posted 14th Bn DLI 4/7/1940.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 28/4/1943.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 27/6/1944 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
-|Company/Battery=S - 14th, A Company
+|Company/Battery=S in 14th, A Company in 11th.
-|Platoon or other sub-unit=14th Bn - Carrier Platoon
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=14th Bn - Carrier Platoon.
 |Task or role=2 i/c, Duty Officer.
 |Joined Brigade=28-Apr-43.
 |Promotions=W/S Lt 22/12/41, A/Capt 29/10/41, T/Capt 29/1/42.
-|Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44
+|Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44.
 |Home address=Resident of Durham City.  Son of  Major John Wilson and Katherine Malcolm Bansall, Norton, Stockton.  Educated Durham School and St John's College, Cambridge (Science).  Buried Grave IV. E. 3. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Army number=137292
 |Rank=Lieutenant
-|Date of birth=10-Feb-20
+|Date of birth=Born Angus 10-Feb-20
 |Age=24
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 22/6/1940, Posted 14th Bn DLI 4/7/1940, Posted 11th Bn DLI 28/4/1943, KILLED in ACTION 27/6/1944 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 22/6/1940.  Posted 14th Bn DLI 4/7/1940.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 28/4/1943.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 27/6/1944 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
 |Company/Battery=S - 14th, A Company
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=14th Bn - Carrier Platoon
-|Task or role=2 i/c, Duty Officer
+|Task or role=2 i/c, Duty Officer.
-|Joined Brigade=28-Apr-43
+|Joined Brigade=28-Apr-43.
 |Promotions=W/S Lt 22/12/41, A/Capt 29/10/41, T/Capt 29/1/42.
 |Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44
-|Home address=Son of  Major John Wilson and Katherine Malcolm Bansall, Norton, Stockton.  Educated Durham School and St John's College, Cambridge (Science), Buried Grave IV. E. 3. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
+|Home address=Resident of Durham City.  Son of  Major John Wilson and Katherine Malcolm Bansall, Norton, Stockton.  Educated Durham School and St John's College, Cambridge (Science).  Buried Grave IV. E. 3. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}