Reay Cyril James Lieutenant 288763 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Reay Cyril James
|Army number=288763
|Rank=Lieutenant.
|Decorations=Territorial Efficiency Medal awarded 8/2/1949.
|Date of birth=Not yet known
|Age=Not known
|Unit=Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment 7/8/1943. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment.
|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not known
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known
|Promotions=War Substantive Lieutenant. Honorary Captain.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=No family information as yet.
}}

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		+	{{personnel
		+	\|Surname and forenames=Reay C.J.
		+	\|Army number=
		+	\|Rank=Sergeant.
		+	\|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
		+	\|Date of birth=Not yet known.
		+	\|Age=(At time of death). Not yet known.
		+	\|Unit=Enlisted in the . Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise’s Kensington Regiment. Selected for Officer Cadet Training. Posted to OCTU. Passed and Commissioned. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment 30/8/1943.
		+	\|Company/Battery=Headquarters Company.
		+	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Probably Administrative Platoon.
		+	\|Task or role=Orderly Room Sergeant. Orderly Room Quartermaster Sergeant.
		+	\|Joined Brigade=From the date when the Battalion was allocated in support of 70th Infantry Brigade.
		+	\|Promotions=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment.
		+	\|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.
		+	\|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).
		+	}}
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		+	This soldier was featured in the photograph of the Battalion Sergeants' Mess taken in 1941 - probably as Orderly Room Quartermaster Sergeant.

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 {{personnel
 |Surname and forenames=Reay Cyril James
-|Army number=288763
+|Army number=288763  Initial Regimental Number not yet known.
-|Rank=Lieutenant.
+|Rank=Sergeant.
 |Decorations=Territorial Efficiency Medal awarded 8/2/1949.
 |Date of birth=Not yet known
 |Age=Not known
-|Unit=Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment 7/8/1943.  Posted to the 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment.  Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise’s Kensington Regiment.  Selected for Officer Cadet Training.  Posted to OCTU.  Passed and Commissioned.  Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment 7/8/1943.  Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment 30/8/1943.
-|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
-|Task or role=Not known
-|Joined Brigade=Not yet known
-|Promotions=War Substantive Lieutenant.  Honorary Captain.
-|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
-|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
-|Home address=No family information as yet.
-}}
-−
-{{personnel
-|Surname and forenames=Reay C.J.
-|Army number=
-|Rank=Sergeant.
-|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
-|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the .  Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise’s Kensington Regiment.  Selected for Officer Cadet Training.  Posted to OCTU.  Passed and Commissioned.  Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment 30/8/1943.
 |Company/Battery=Headquarters Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Probably Administrative Platoon.
 |Task or role=Orderly Room Sergeant.  Orderly Room Quartermaster Sergeant.
 |Joined Brigade=From the date when the Battalion was allocated in support of 70th Infantry Brigade.
-|Promotions=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment.
+|Promotions=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment.  War Substantive Lieutenant.  Honorary Captain.
-|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
+|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
-|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
+|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
-|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).
+|Home address=No family information as yet.
 }}
 This soldier was featured in the photograph of the Battalion Sergeants' Mess taken in 1941 - probably as Orderly Room Quartermaster Sergeant.