Haigh Norman Gunner 4544226 - Revision history

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70bgadmin: Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Haigh Norman |Army number=4544226 |Rank=Gunner |Decorations=None yet known. |Date of birth=Not yet known. |Age=29 at the time of his death...."

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Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Haigh Norman |Army number=4544226 |Rank=Gunner |Decorations=None yet known. |Date of birth=Not yet known. |Age=29 at the time of his death...."

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Haigh Norman
|Army number=4544226
|Rank=Gunner
|Decorations=None yet known.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=29 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in the West Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to the Royal Artillery. Posted to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment. KILLED in ACTION 26/7/1944.
|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=No details yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 26/7/1944. Interred initially at Demouville, map reference 103673, then re-buried on 17/9/1945 in Grave VI. A. 3. Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery. Headstone inscription - "SWEET JESUS SHINE THY HEAVENLY LIGHT ON HIS LONELY GRAVE".
|Home address=Son of Turner and Annie Haigh, of Bradford, Yorkshire; husband of Ethel Haigh (nee Lambert - married Q4 1937 in Bradford), of Bradford.
}}

At present, no image of Gunner Haigh's headstone is available.

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 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 26/7/1944.  Interred initially at Demouville, map reference 103673, then re-buried on 17/9/1945 in Grave VI. A. 3. Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription - "SWEET JESUS SHINE THY HEAVENLY LIGHT ON HIS LONELY GRAVE".
+|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 26/7/1944.  Interred initially at [[Demouville]], map reference 103673, then re-buried on 17/9/1945 in Grave VI. A. 3. Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription - "SWEET JESUS SHINE THY HEAVENLY LIGHT ON HIS LONELY GRAVE".
 |Home address=Son of Turner and Annie Haigh, of Bradford, Yorkshire; husband of Ethel Haigh (nee Lambert - married Q4 1937 in Bradford), of Bradford.
 }}

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 |Rank=Gunner
 |Decorations=None yet known.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Not yet able to be specifically identified - too many common names.  Likely to be 1915 in Wakefield but yet to be confirmed.
 |Age=29 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Enlisted in the West Yorkshire Regiment.  Transferred to the Royal Artillery.  Posted to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment.  KILLED in ACTION 26/7/1944.