Yorke David Garnett Downing Lt 253705 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 15:45, 12 August 2019

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	\|Wounded=Yes - 27/6/1944.		\|Wounded=Yes - 27/6/1944.
	\|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.		\|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
	\|Died/killed in action=Death registered December 2006 in Barnet, London.		\|Died/killed in action=Died 17/12/2006. Death registered December 2006 in Barnet, London.
	\|Home address=Father - Garnet Oliver James Alexander Yorke, mother Adelaide Mathews. In the 1939 Register lived at Hullah, Outwood Lane, Horsforth, Leeds. Occupation - Schoolmaster. Resident in Cambridge 1950. ~~Married Pauline Groves July 1945~~ in ~~Central Durham~~.		\|Home address=Father - Garnet Oliver James Alexander Yorke, mother Adelaide Mathews. In the 1939 Register he lived at Hullah, Outwood Lane, Horsforth, Leeds. Went up to Cambridge in 1939 - Downing College - to read Geography. Married Pauline Groves July 1945 in Central Durham. Occupation post-war - Schoolmaster. Resident in Cambridge 1950. Their son - Michael Downing Yorke - also was an undergraduate at Downing College in 1965.
	\|Source table=11DLI		\|Source table=11DLI
	}}		}}

	The McGregor Card Index has Lt Yorke's Officer number as 243745 - it appears that 253705 is correct.		The McGregor Card Index has Lt Yorke's Officer number as 243745 - it appears that 253705 is correct.

70bgadmin at 15:35, 12 August 2019

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	\|Army number=253705		\|Army number=253705
	\|Rank=Lt		\|Rank=Lt
	\|Decorations=		\|Decorations=None known beyond service medals.
	\|Date of birth=		\|Date of birth=24/3/1921 at Lancaster.
	\|Age=0		\|Age=85 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Posted as Cadet at 164 OCTU. The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 28/11/1942. Posted 14th Bn DLI 28/11/1942. Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943. Posted to 52 Regimental Holding Unit. Posted 101 Reinforcement Group 6/5/1944 - return to Battalion requested 27 May 1944. Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/6/1944~~. Served Normandy~~. Evacuated wounded to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944. Posted 14th Bn DLI. Unemployed list 1947. Relinquished Emergency Commission on appointment to a Commission on the TA General List 1/9/1948. 2/Lt - Cambridge and County School Contingent Combined Cadet Force 1/9/1948. RARO Lt (Hon Lt) 1/4/1950. Resigned Commission 31/8/1952.		\|Unit=Posted as Cadet to 164 OCTU. Joined The Durham Light Infantry - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 28/11/1942. Posted to the 14th Battalion DLI 28/11/1942. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 5/12/1943. Served Normandy. Posted to No. 52 Regimental Holding Unit. Posted 101 Reinforcement Group 6/5/1944 - return to 11th Battalion requested 27 May 1944. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 5/6/1944. Evacuated wounded to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944. Posted to the 14th Battalion DLI. Unemployed list 1947. Relinquished Emergency Commission on appointment to a Commission on the TA General List 1/9/1948. Posted as a 2/Lt - Cambridge and County School Contingent Combined Cadet Force 1/9/1948. RARO Lt (Hon Lt) 1/4/1950. Resigned Commission 31/8/1952.
	\|Company/Battery=14th Bn - B Company, Bn HQ. 11th Battalion - A Company.		\|Company/Battery=14th Battalion - B Company, Battalion HQ. 11th Battalion - A Company.
	\|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=7th Platoon.		\|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=7th Platoon.
	\|Task or role=14th Bn - Duty Officer 1942. Platoon Commander - 7th Platoon. Captain and Assistant Adjutant 1945		\|Task or role=14th Battalion - Duty Officer 1942. Platoon Commander - 7th Platoon. Captain and Assistant Adjutant 1945
	\|Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43		\|Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43.
	\|Promotions=W/S Lt 28/5/1943, T/Captain 15/6/1945, Lt 1/9/1948.		\|Promotions=W/S Lt 28/5/1943, T/Captain 15/6/1945, Lt 1/9/1948.
	\|Wounded=27/6/1944.		\|Wounded=Yes - 27/6/1944.
	\|Died/killed in action=		\|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
	\|Home address=		\|Died/killed in action=Death registered December 2006 in Barnet, London.
			\|Home address=Father - Garnet Oliver James Alexander Yorke, mother Adelaide Mathews. In the 1939 Register lived at Hullah, Outwood Lane, Horsforth, Leeds. Occupation - Schoolmaster. Resident in Cambridge 1950. Married Pauline Groves July 1945 in Central Durham.
	\|Source table=11DLI		\|Source table=11DLI
	}}		}}

	The McGregor Card Index has Lt Yorke's Officer number as 243745 - it appears that 253705 is correct.		The McGregor Card Index has Lt Yorke's Officer number as 243745 - it appears that 253705 is correct.

70bgadmin at 08:49, 2 July 2018

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	\|Date of birth=		\|Date of birth=
	\|Age=0		\|Age=0
	\|Unit=Posted as Cadet at 164 OCTU, Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 28/11/1942, Posted 14th Bn DLI 28/11/1942, Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943, Posted to 52 Regimental Holding Unit, Posted 101 Reinforcement Group 6/5/1944 - return to Battalion requested 27 May 1944, Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/6/1944, Evacuated wounded to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944, Posted 14th Bn DLI, Unemployed list 1947. Relinquished Emergency Commission on appointment to a Commission on the TA General List 1/9/1948, 2/Lt - Cambridge and County School Contingent Combined Cadet Force 1/9/1948, RARO Lt (Hon Lt) 1/4/1950, Resigned Commission 31/8/1952.		\|Unit=Posted as Cadet at 164 OCTU. The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 28/11/1942. Posted 14th Bn DLI 28/11/1942. Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943. Posted to 52 Regimental Holding Unit. Posted 101 Reinforcement Group 6/5/1944 - return to Battalion requested 27 May 1944. Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/6/1944. Served Normandy. Evacuated wounded to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944. Posted 14th Bn DLI. Unemployed list 1947. Relinquished Emergency Commission on appointment to a Commission on the TA General List 1/9/1948. 2/Lt - Cambridge and County School Contingent Combined Cadet Force 1/9/1948. RARO Lt (Hon Lt) 1/4/1950. Resigned Commission 31/8/1952.
	\|Company/Battery=14th Bn - B Company, Bn HQ		\|Company/Battery=14th Bn - B Company, Bn HQ. 11th Battalion - A Company.
	\|Task or role=14th Bn - Duty Officer 1942, Captain and Assistant Adjutant 1945		\|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=7th Platoon.
			\|Task or role=14th Bn - Duty Officer 1942. Platoon Commander - 7th Platoon. Captain and Assistant Adjutant 1945
	\|Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43		\|Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43
	\|Promotions=W/S Lt 28/5/1943, T/Captain 15/6/1945, Lt 1/9/1948		\|Promotions=W/S Lt 28/5/1943, T/Captain 15/6/1945, Lt 1/9/1948.
	\|Wounded=27/6/1944		\|Wounded=27/6/1944.
	\|Died/killed in action=		\|Died/killed in action=
	\|Home address=		\|Home address=

70bgadmin at 13:24, 8 August 2014

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	\|Age=0		\|Age=0
	\|Unit=~~POsted~~ Cadet at 164 OCTU, Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 28/11/1942, Posted 14th Bn DLI 28/11/1942, Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943, Posted to 52 Regimental Holding Unit, Posted 101 Reinforcement Group 6/5/1944 - return to Battalion requested 27 May 1944, Posted 11th Bn 5/6/1944, Evacuated to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944, Posted 14th Bn DLI, Unemployed list 1947. Relinquished Emergency Commission on appointment to a Commission on the TA General List 1/9/1948, 2/Lt - Cambridge and County School Contingent Combined Cadet Force 1/9/1948, RARO Lt (Hon Lt) 1/4/1950, Resigned Commission 31/8/1952.		\|Unit=Posted as Cadet at 164 OCTU, Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 28/11/1942, Posted 14th Bn DLI 28/11/1942, Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943, Posted to 52 Regimental Holding Unit, Posted 101 Reinforcement Group 6/5/1944 - return to Battalion requested 27 May 1944, Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/6/1944, Evacuated wounded to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944, Posted 14th Bn DLI, Unemployed list 1947. Relinquished Emergency Commission on appointment to a Commission on the TA General List 1/9/1948, 2/Lt - Cambridge and County School Contingent Combined Cadet Force 1/9/1948, RARO Lt (Hon Lt) 1/4/1950, Resigned Commission 31/8/1952.
	\|Company/Battery=14th Bn - B Company, Bn HQ		\|Company/Battery=14th Bn - B Company, Bn HQ
	\|Task or role=14th Bn - Duty Officer 1942, Assistant Adjutant 1945		\|Task or role=14th Bn - Duty Officer 1942, Captain and Assistant Adjutant 1945
	\|Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43		\|Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43
	\|Promotions=W/S Lt 28/5/1943, T/Captain 15/6/1945, Lt 1/9/1948		\|Promotions=W/S Lt 28/5/1943, T/Captain 15/6/1945, Lt 1/9/1948

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Yorke David Garnett Downing
|Army number=253705
|Rank=Lt
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=
|Age=0
|Unit=POsted Cadet at 164 OCTU, Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 28/11/1942, Posted 14th Bn DLI 28/11/1942, Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943, Posted to 52 Regimental Holding Unit, Posted 101 Reinforcement Group 6/5/1944 - return to Battalion requested 27 May 1944, Posted 11th Bn 5/6/1944, Evacuated to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944, Posted 14th Bn DLI, Unemployed list 1947. Relinquished Emergency Commission on appointment to a Commission on the TA General List 1/9/1948, 2/Lt - Cambridge and County School Contingent Combined Cadet Force 1/9/1948, RARO Lt (Hon Lt) 1/4/1950, Resigned Commission 31/8/1952.
|Company/Battery=14th Bn - B Company, Bn HQ
|Task or role=14th Bn - Duty Officer 1942, Assistant Adjutant 1945
|Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43
|Promotions=W/S Lt 28/5/1943, T/Captain 15/6/1945, Lt 1/9/1948
|Wounded=27/6/1944
|Died/killed in action=
|Home address=
|Source table=11DLI
}}

The McGregor Card Index has Lt Yorke's Officer number as 243745 - it appears that 253705 is correct.