Lancashire Joseph Pte 4461982 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Lancashire Joseph
|Army number=4461982
|Rank=Pte
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, Posted 11th Bn, Iceland, Posted ? Bn DLI, Discharged 10/5/46 under KRs 1940 Para 390 (xvi).
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Rank=Private.
 |Age=Research suggests he was 80 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - exact date not yet known.  Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 11th Battalion.  Served with the B.E.F.?  Served Iceland. Served Normandy.  Posted ? Bn DLI on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion.  Discharged 10/5/46 under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi).
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - exact date not yet known.  Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 11th Battalion.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France?  Served Iceland. Served Normandy.  Wounded. Posted ? Battalion DLI on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion.  Discharged 10/5/46 under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi).  Demobilised.
 |Source table=11DLI
 |Decorations=Service Awards including France and Germany Star.
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 |Joined Brigade=Before October 1940.
 |Promotions=None known.
-|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
+|Wounded=Yes - Normandy - date not recorded.
 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Death registered in Tameside in September 2000.

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 |Army number=4461982
 |Rank=Private.
-|Age=?at the time of his death.
+|Age=Research suggests he was 80 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - exact date not yet known.  Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 11th Battalion.  Served Iceland. Served Normandy?  Posted ? Bn DLI on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion.  Discharged 10/5/46 under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi).
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - exact date not yet known.  Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 11th Battalion.  Served with the B.E.F.?  Served Iceland. Served Normandy.  Posted ? Bn DLI on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion.  Discharged 10/5/46 under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi).
 |Source table=11DLI
 |Decorations=Service Awards including France and Germany Star.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Research suggests he was born 23/3/1920.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet known.
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 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
+|Died/Killed in action=Death registered in Tameside in September 2000.
-|Home address=His Service Awards were requested to be sent to 39 Commercial Street, Hyde, Cheshire in 1948.
+|Home address=Father Harry Lancashire 1888 - 1968 and Mother Adelaide Horrobin 1893 - 1971.  His Service Awards were requested to be sent to 39 Commercial Street, Hyde, Cheshire in 1948.  In the 1939 General Register he is shown as living with his family at 45, Commercial Street and working as a Glove Cutter.  Married Marjorie Biss in January 1942.
 }}
 [[File:Page_1_(5)_Lancashire.jpg|600px|thumb|centre|Medal Card for Pte Lancashire]]

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 |Rank=Private.
 |Age=?at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - exact date not yet known.  Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 11th Battalion.  Served Iceland. Posted ? Bn DLI, Discharged 10/5/46 under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi).
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - exact date not yet known.  Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 11th Battalion.  Served Iceland. Served Normandy?  Posted ? Bn DLI on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion.  Discharged 10/5/46 under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi).
 |Source table=11DLI
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=Service Awards including France and Germany Star.
 |Date of birth=Not yet known.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
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 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
-|Home address=His Service Awards were requested to be sent to
+|Home address=His Service Awards were requested to be sent to 39 Commercial Street, Hyde, Cheshire in 1948.
 }}
 [[File:Page_1_(5)_Lancashire.jpg|600px|thumb|centre|Medal Card for Pte Lancashire]]

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 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
-|Home address=
+|Home address=His Service Awards were requested to be sent to
-[[File:Page_1_(5)_Lancashire.jpg|600px|thumb|centre|Medal Card for Pte Lancashire
 }}