Russell James Thomas Darnell Lt 184188 - Revision history

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−	We are grateful for Major Russell having supplied additional information in respect of his late ~~father~~.	+	We are grateful for Major Russell having supplied additional information in respect of his late uncle.

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 |Date of birth=Born South Shields 1912/13.
 |Age=31
-|Decorations=It has been confirmed that Captain Russell received all of the relevant Service Awards for his regimental serice in WW2.
+|Decorations=It has been confirmed that Captain Russell received all of the relevant Service Awards for his regimental serice in WW2, namely the 1939-45 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal and the War Medal 1939/45.
 |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 19/4/1941. Posted 10th Bn DLI 27/5/1941.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Bn The Durham Light Infantry.
 |Company/Battery=S Company.

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 |Home address=Resident of Paisley.  Son of Thomas Gatehouse and Alice Lena Russell (nee Cook), husband of Sarah Peacock Wilson Russell, 61, Stubbington Avenue, Portsmouth.
 |Image Name=Russell_J_T_D_10_DLI.JPG
-|Image Title=Lt J T D Russell's CWGC headstone.
+|Image Title=Captain J T D Russell's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}
 We are grateful for Major Russell having supplied additional information in respect of his late father.

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 |Date of birth=Born South Shields 1912/13.
 |Age=31
-|Decorations=Confirmed that Captain Russell received all of the relevant Service Awards for his regimental serice in WW2.
+|Decorations=It has been confirmed that Captain Russell received all of the relevant Service Awards for his regimental serice in WW2.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 19/4/1941. Posted 10th Bn DLI 27/5/1941.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Bn The Durham Light Infantry.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 19/4/1941. Posted 10th Bn DLI 27/5/1941.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Bn The Durham Light Infantry.
-|Company/Battery=S.
+|Company/Battery=S Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Pioneer, Mortar, Carrier.
 |Task or role=Duty Officer, Platoon Commander.
 |Joined Brigade=27/5/1941.
 |Promotions=W/S Lt 1/10/1942, T/Captain 30/7/1943.
-|Died/Killed in action=29-Jun-44.  Initially interred at Rauray - Map Sheet 7F/1 - map reference 892.655.
+|Died/Killed in action=29-Jun-44.  Initially interred at Rauray - Map Sheet 7F/1 - map reference 892.655.  Re-buried 26/4/1945 in Grave IV. E. 13. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.  Headstone inscription reads "BELOVED HUSBAND OF CIS AND LOVING DADDY OF ROLAND. TIME PASSES, SHADOWS FALL REMEMBRANCE OUTLASTS ALL".
-|Home address=Resident of Paisley.  Son of Thomas Gatehouse and Alice Lena Russell (nee Cook), husband of Sarah Peacock Wilson Russell, 61, Stubbington Avenue, Portsmouth.  Re-buried 26/4/1945 in Grave IV. E. 13. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.  Headstone inscription reads "BELOVED HUSBAND OF CIS AND LOVING DADDY OF ROLAND. TIME PASSES, SHADOWS FALL REMEMBRANCE OUTLASTS ALL".
+|Home address=Resident of Paisley.  Son of Thomas Gatehouse and Alice Lena Russell (nee Cook), husband of Sarah Peacock Wilson Russell, 61, Stubbington Avenue, Portsmouth.
 |Image Name=Russell_J_T_D_10_DLI.JPG
 |Image Title=Lt J T D Russell's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}

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 |Date of birth=Born South Shields 1912/13.
 |Age=31
 |Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 19/4/1941. Posted 10th Bn DLI 27/5/1941.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Bn The Durham Light Infantry.
 |Company/Battery=S.