Difference between revisions of "Loftus James Sylvester Pte 4461563"
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| − | |Unit=Durham Light Infantry | + | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry (probably Spring/Summer 1940). Posted 11th Bn DLI. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Trf Dorsetshire Regiment 28/8/44. Posted 4th Bn Dorsets. KILLED in ACTION 15/2/45 with 4th Bn Dorsetshire Regiment. |
|Died/Killed in action=15-Feb-45 | |Died/Killed in action=15-Feb-45 | ||
|Home address=Research suggests that Loftus was born in Stockport in 1915, mother's maiden surname Tracey, and that he married Mary E. Glindon in Stockport in 1940. Buried Grave 57. F. 9. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. | |Home address=Research suggests that Loftus was born in Stockport in 1915, mother's maiden surname Tracey, and that he married Mary E. Glindon in Stockport in 1940. Buried Grave 57. F. 9. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. | ||
|Source table=11DLI | |Source table=11DLI | ||
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| + | To see his CWGC Commemorative Record please click [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2056430/LOFTUS,%20JAMES%20SYLVESTER here]. | ||
Revision as of 10:28, 6 April 2015
Personnel Entry
Name Loftus James Sylvester
Army number 4461563
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 0
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry (probably Spring/Summer 1940). Posted 11th Bn DLI. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Trf Dorsetshire Regiment 28/8/44. Posted 4th Bn Dorsets. KILLED in ACTION 15/2/45 with 4th Bn Dorsetshire Regiment.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 15-Feb-45
Home address Research suggests that Loftus was born in Stockport in 1915, mother's maiden surname Tracey, and that he married Mary E. Glindon in Stockport in 1940. Buried Grave 57. F. 9. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Source table 11DLI
To see his CWGC Commemorative Record please click here.
