Harby Gordon Richard Pte 14690034 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|id=3432
|Surname and forenames=Harby Gordon Richard
|Army number=14690034
|Rank=Pte
|Age=18
|Unit=GSC, 11 DLI
|Died/Killed in action=17/7/1944 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of Walter and Olive Gertrude Harby, Melton Mowbray, Leics.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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	[[File:Harby-2.jpg\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Local Newspaper Obituary notice]]		[[File:Harby-2.jpg\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Local Newspaper Obituary notice]]
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		+	Grateful thanks are due to DLI researcher Jim Tuckwell for the photo of Gordon and his obituary notice.

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	The following image is from a local newspaper reporting Gordon's death.		The following image is from a local newspaper reporting Gordon's death.

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 |Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 17-Jul-44.  Interred initially at map reference Montilly 1/50,000 835.671.   Re-buried 20/7/1945 in Grave II. B. 4. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads : MAY GOD IN HIS MERCY GRANT US THIS, TO MEET HIM ONCE AGAIN.
 |Source table=11DLI
 |Home address=Resident of Leicester.  Son of Walter and Olive Gertrude Harby, Melton Mowbray, Leics.
 }}

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 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 |Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
-|Died/Killed in action=17-Jul-44.  Interred initially at map reference Montilly 1/50,000 835.671.   Re-buried 20/7/1945 in Grave II. B. 4. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads : MAY GOD IN HIS MERCY GRANT US THIS, TO MEET HIM ONCE AGAIN.
+|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 17-Jul-44.  Interred initially at map reference Montilly 1/50,000 835.671.   Re-buried 20/7/1945 in Grave II. B. 4. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads : MAY GOD IN HIS MERCY GRANT US THIS, TO MEET HIM ONCE AGAIN.
 |Source table=11DLI
 |Home address=Resident of Leicester.  Son of Walter and Olive Gertrude Harby, Melton Mowbray, Leics.
 }}

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 |Surname and forenames=Harby Gordon Richard
 |Army number=14690034
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private.
 |Date of birth=Born Leicester 1925/26.
-|Age=18
+|Age=18 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the General Service Corps.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry, Posted 11th Bn DLI.  Served Normandy.   KILLED in ACTION 17/7/1944 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the General Service Corps.  Underwent Basic Training at a Preliminary Training Centre.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI.  Served Normandy.   KILLED in ACTION 17/7/1944 with 11th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
 |Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
-|Died/Killed in action=17-Jul-44
+|Died/Killed in action=17-Jul-44.  Interred initially at map reference Montilly 1/50,000 835.671.   Re-buried 20/7/1945 in Grave II. B. 4. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads : MAY GOD IN HIS MERCY GRANT US THIS, TO MEET HIM ONCE AGAIN.
-|Home address=Resident of Leicester.  Son of Walter and Olive Gertrude Harby, Melton Mowbray, Leics.  Buried Grave II. B. 4. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=18
-|Unit=GSC, 11 DLI
+|Unit=General Service Corps, Trf Durham Light Infantry, Posted 11th Bn DLI,  KILLED in ACTION 17/7/1944 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
-|Died/Killed in action=17/7/1944 00:00:00
+|Died/Killed in action=17-Jul-44
-|Home address=Son of Walter and Olive Gertrude Harby, Melton Mowbray, Leics.
+|Home address=Son of Walter and Olive Gertrude Harby, Melton Mowbray, Leics.  Buried Grave II. B. 4. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}