Lenihan Christopher Pte 4455388 - Revision history

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 |Date of birth=Born County Durham 1919/20.
 |Age=20 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry late April/early May 1939.  Posted 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably September 1939.  Served BEF.  Posted Missing 10/5 to 20/6/40.  Presumed to have been KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry in late April/early May 1939.  Posted 6th Battalion DLI.  Posted 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1st September 1939.  Served with the BEF. in Northern France.  Posted Missing 10/5 to 20/6/40.  Presumed to have been KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
 |Company/Battery=C Company 10th Battalion DLI.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
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 |Wounded=Not so far as is known, other than those injuries which caused his death.
 |Prisoner of War=No.
-|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.
+|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Plot 8. Row I. Grave 12. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  His headstone inscription reads: MEMORIES EVER LINGER.
-|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of Mrs J A Lenihan, stepson of Mr J Dale, Spennymoor.  Buried Plot 8. Row I. Grave 12. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
+|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of Mrs J A Lenihan, stepson of Mr J Dale, Spennymoor.
 |Image Name=Lenihan_C_4455388.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte C Lenihan's CWGC headstone.

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 |Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.
 |Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of Mrs J A Lenihan, stepson of Mr J Dale, Spennymoor.  Buried Plot 8. Row I. Grave 12. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.

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 |Date of birth=Born County Durham 1919/20.
 |Age=20 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry late April/early May 1939.  Posted 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably September 1939.  Served BEF.  Posted Missing 10/5 to 20/6/40.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry late April/early May 1939.  Posted 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably September 1939.  Served BEF.  Posted Missing 10/5 to 20/6/40.  Presumed to have been KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
 |Company/Battery=C Company 10th Battalion DLI.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
+|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.
 |Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of Mrs J A Lenihan, stepson of Mr J Dale, Spennymoor.  Buried Plot 8. Row I. Grave 12. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Lenihan_C_4455388.JPG

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Date of birth=Born County Durham 1919/20.
-|Age=20
+|Age=20 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry late April/early May 1939.  Posted 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably September 1939.  Served BEF.  Posted Missing 10/5 to 20/6/40.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
 |Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of Mrs J A Lenihan, stepson of Mr J Dale, Spennymoor.  Buried Plot 8. Row I. Grave 12. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Lenihan_C_4455388.JPG

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:54, 21 April 2018
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	Mentioned as being a friend by Mr Tommy Bamforth on 13/9/2014.		Mentioned as being a friend by Mr Tommy Bamforth on 13/9/2014.

−	Following contact from the family of Pte William Bestford - buried next to Pte Lenihan in Bucquoy Road Cemetery - the author was made aware of a letter written from PoW Camp to his family from Pte Jonathan Bestford - captured in the same engagement at [[FICHEUX]] in which his brother was killed - to the effect that Pte Lenihan was with him in PoW Camp. The only explanation is that Pte Jonathan Bestford was mistaken, as the body of Pte Lenihan was identified in the usual way by those French civilians engaged in the initial burial of the casualties at [[FICHEUX]] and ~~Mercatel~~ and he is included on the list of those recovered at the time.	+	Following contact from the family of Pte William Bestford - buried next to Pte Lenihan in Bucquoy Road Cemetery - the author was made aware of a letter written from PoW Camp to his family from Pte Jonathan Bestford - captured in the same engagement at [[FICHEUX]] in which his brother was killed - to the effect that Pte Lenihan was with him in PoW Camp. The only explanation is that Pte Jonathan Bestford was mistaken, as the body of Pte Lenihan was identified in the usual way by those French civilians engaged in the initial burial of the casualties at [[FICHEUX]] and [[MERCATEL]] and he is included on the list of those recovered at the time.

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:21, 20 April 2018
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	Mentioned as being a friend by Mr Tommy Bamforth on 13/9/2014.		Mentioned as being a friend by Mr Tommy Bamforth on 13/9/2014.

−	Following contact from the family of Pte William Bestford - buried next to Pte Lenihan in Bucquoy Road Cemetery - the author was made aware of a letter written from PoW Camp to his family from Pte Jonathan Bestford - captured in the same engagement at ~~Ficheux~~ in which his brother was killed - to the effect that Pte Lenihan was with him in PoW Camp. The only explanation is that Pte Jonathan Bestford was mistaken, as the body of Pte Lenihan was identified in the usual way by those French civilians engaged in the initial burial of the casualties at ~~Ficheux~~ and Mercatel and he is included on the list of those recovered at the time.	+	Following contact from the family of Pte William Bestford - buried next to Pte Lenihan in Bucquoy Road Cemetery - the author was made aware of a letter written from PoW Camp to his family from Pte Jonathan Bestford - captured in the same engagement at [[FICHEUX]] in which his brother was killed - to the effect that Pte Lenihan was with him in PoW Camp. The only explanation is that Pte Jonathan Bestford was mistaken, as the body of Pte Lenihan was identified in the usual way by those French civilians engaged in the initial burial of the casualties at [[FICHEUX]] and Mercatel and he is included on the list of those recovered at the time.

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 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, late April/early May 1939. Posted 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably September 1939.  Served BEF.  Posted Missing 10/5 to 20/6/40. Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
-|Home address=Son of Mrs J A Lenihan, stepson of Mr J Dale, Spennymoor.  Buried Plot 8. Row I. Grave 12. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of Mrs J A Lenihan, stepson of Mr J Dale, Spennymoor.  Buried Plot 8. Row I. Grave 12. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}
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 Mentioned as being a friend by Mr Tommy Bamforth on 13/9/2014.
-Following contact from the family of Pte Bestford - buried next to Pte Lenihan in Bucquoy Road Cemetery - the author was made aware of a letter written to his family
+Following contact from the family of Pte William Bestford - buried next to Pte Lenihan in Bucquoy Road Cemetery - the author was made aware of a letter written from PoW Camp to his family from Pte Jonathan Bestford - captured in the same engagement at Ficheux in which his brother was killed - to the effect that Pte Lenihan was with him in PoW Camp.  The only explanation is that Pte Jonathan Bestford was mistaken, as the body of Pte Lenihan was identified in the usual way by those French civilians engaged in the initial burial of the casualties at Ficheux and Mercatel and he is included on the list of those recovered at the time.