Donnelly Thomas Pte 4455972 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 10:32, 3 April 2020

2020-04-03T10:32:13Z

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	\|Army number=4455972		\|Army number=4455972
	\|Rank=Private		\|Rank=Private
	\|Decorations=None yet known.		\|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.
	\|Date of birth=Not yet known.		\|Date of birth=Not yet known.
	\|Age=Not yet known.		\|Age=Not yet known.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - ~~probably~~ May 1939. Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted to 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Transferred to the Pioneer Corps 23/1/1943. Posted to 805 (S) Company.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - May 1939. Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted to 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Transferred to the Pioneer Corps 23/1/1943. Posted to 805 (S) Company. Details of his subsequent military career could not be accessed.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet known.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
	\|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.		\|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
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	Private Donnelley's name was extracted from a War Office list of those names being checked during an exercise in 1942 identifying men thought to have been listed as "missing" at the time of Dunkirk. AS he was later transferred to the Pioneer Corps it has been assumed, subject to confirmation, that he served in France and Iceland. Family assistance is requested to clarify his military record.		Private Donnelley's name was extracted from a War Office list of those names being checked during an exercise in 1942 identifying men thought to have been listed as "missing" at the time of Dunkirk. As he was later transferred to the Pioneer Corps it has been assumed, subject to confirmation, that he served in France and Iceland. Family assistance is requested to clarify his later military record. As his is a fairly common name, genealogical research has proved difficult.

70bgadmin at 09:20, 26 July 2019

2019-07-26T09:20:28Z

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	\|Home address=No family information yet.		\|Home address=No family information yet.
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			Private Donnelley's name was extracted from a War Office list of those names being checked during an exercise in 1942 identifying men thought to have been listed as "missing" at the time of Dunkirk. AS he was later transferred to the Pioneer Corps it has been assumed, subject to confirmation, that he served in France and Iceland. Family assistance is requested to clarify his military record.

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2019-07-26T09:12:40Z

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Donnelley Thomas
|Army number=4455972
|Rank=Private
|Decorations=None yet known.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - probably May 1939. Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted to 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Transferred to the Pioneer Corps 23/1/1943. Posted to 805 (S) Company.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known. Probably rifleman.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Promotions=No details yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Not yet known.
|Home address=No family information yet.
}}