Johnson Oliver Denn Lt 292012 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 10:07, 4 June 2019

2019-06-04T10:07:14Z

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	\|Army number=292012		\|Army number=292012
	\|Rank=Lt		\|Rank=Lt
	\|Date of birth=~~Not yet known~~.		\|Date of birth=Birth registered April 1919 at Bury St Edmunds - mother's maiden surname Oliver.
	\|Decorations=M.C. Gazetted 21/12/1944.		\|Decorations=M.C. Gazetted 21/12/1944. Recommended for DSO but awarded MC.
	\|Age=0		\|Age=25 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Royal Artillery - Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 21/8/1943. Attached to the Suffolk Regiment 11/12/1943. Attached to The Durham Light Infantry 6/7/1944, posted 11th Bn DLI. With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944. Attached to the Devonshire Regiment, ~~Posted~~ 2nd Bn. KILLED in ACTION 3/10/44 with the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment.		\|Unit=Joined the Royal Artillery - Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 21/8/1943. Attached to the Suffolk Regiment 11/12/1943. Attached to The Durham Light Infantry 6/7/1944, posted 11th Battalion DLI. With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944. Attached to the Devonshire Regiment, posted 2nd Battalion on the disbandment of 70th Brigade. KILLED in ACTION 3/10/44 with the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment.
	\|Joined Brigade=06-Jul-44		\|Joined Brigade=06-Jul-44.
	\|Company/Battery=B ~~Coy~~		\|Company/Battery=B Company.
	\|Task or role=Platoon Commander.		\|Task or role=Platoon Commander.
	\|Died/Killed in action=03-Oct-44		\|Died/Killed in action=03-Oct-44. Initially interred in the Dent Burial Ground - map reference 712653 - and then re-buried on 10/9/1945 in Grave 9. C. 15. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery. Cross on the headstone but no inscription.
	\|Home address=Son of Reginald Oliver Denn Johnson and Marjorie Morgan Johnson, of Barrow, Suffolk. ~~Buried Grave 9. C. 15. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery. Recommended for DSO but awarded MC.~~		\|Home address=Son of Reginald Oliver Denn Johnson and Marjorie Morgan Johnson, of Barrow, Suffolk.
	\|Source table=11DLI		\|Source table=11DLI
	}}		}}

	Because of his attachment to the Devonshire Regiment at the time he was killed, Lt Johnson is not included on the DLI Roll of Honour in Durham Cathedral.		Because of his attachment to the Devonshire Regiment at the time he was killed, Lt Johnson is not included on the DLI Roll of Honour in Durham Cathedral.

70bgadmin at 11:55, 15 November 2016

2016-11-15T11:55:39Z

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	\|Army number=292012		\|Army number=292012
	\|Rank=Lt		\|Rank=Lt
	\|Decorations=M.C. 21/12/1944		\|Date of birth=Not yet known.
			\|Decorations=M.C. Gazetted 21/12/1944.
	\|Age=0		\|Age=0
	\|Unit=Royal Artillery - Emergency Commission - 2/Lt 21/8/1943, Attached Suffolk Regiment 11/12/1943, Attached ~~DLI~~ 6/7/1944, ~~Posted~~ 11th Bn DLI. With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944, Attached Devonshire Regiment, Posted 2nd Bn, KILLED in ACTION 3/10/44.		\|Unit=Royal Artillery - Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 21/8/1943. Attached to the Suffolk Regiment 11/12/1943. Attached to The Durham Light Infantry 6/7/1944, posted 11th Bn DLI. With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944. Attached to the Devonshire Regiment, Posted 2nd Bn. KILLED in ACTION 3/10/44 with the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment.
	\|~~Source table~~=~~11DLI~~		\|Joined Brigade=06-Jul-44
	\|Company/Battery=B Coy		\|Company/Battery=B Coy
	\|Task or role=~~Pl Cdr~~		\|Task or role=Platoon Commander.
	~~\|Joined Brigade=06-Jul-44~~
	\|Died/Killed in action=03-Oct-44		\|Died/Killed in action=03-Oct-44
	\|Home address=Son of Reginald Oliver Denn Johnson and Marjorie Morgan Johnson, of Barrow, Suffolk. Buried Grave 9. C. 15. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery. Recommended for DSO but awarded MC.		\|Home address=Son of Reginald Oliver Denn Johnson and Marjorie Morgan Johnson, of Barrow, Suffolk. Buried Grave 9. C. 15. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery. Recommended for DSO but awarded MC.
			\|Source table=11DLI
	}}		}}

			Because of his attachment to the Devonshire Regiment at the time he was killed, Lt Johnson is not included on the DLI Roll of Honour in Durham Cathedral.

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	\|Army number=292012		\|Army number=292012
	\|Rank=Lt		\|Rank=Lt
	\|Decorations=M.C.		\|Decorations=M.C. 21/12/1944
	\|Age=0		\|Age=0
	\|Unit=11 DLI		\|Unit=Royal Artillery - Emergency Commission - 2/Lt 21/8/1943, Attached Suffolk Regiment 11/12/1943, Attached DLI 6/7/1944, Posted 11th Bn DLI. With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944, Attached Devonshire Regiment, Posted 2nd Bn, KILLED in ACTION 3/10/44.
	\|Source table=11DLI		\|Source table=11DLI
			\|Company/Battery=B Coy
			\|Task or role=Pl Cdr
			\|Joined Brigade=06-Jul-44
			\|Died/Killed in action=03-Oct-44
			\|Home address=Son of Reginald Oliver Denn Johnson and Marjorie Morgan Johnson, of Barrow, Suffolk. Buried Grave 9. C. 15. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery. Recommended for DSO but awarded MC.
	}}		}}

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{{Personnel
|id=2423
|Surname and forenames=Johnson Oliver Denn
|Army number=292012
|Rank=Lt
|Decorations=M.C.
|Age=0
|Unit=11 DLI
|Source table=11DLI
}}