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|Army number=14412009 | |Army number=14412009 | ||
|Rank=Pte | |Rank=Pte | ||
|Date of birth=Research suggests Macauley was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire in 1925, mother's maiden name Caveney. | |||
|Age=0 | |Age=0 | ||
|Unit= | |Unit=General Service Corps - no enlistment details yet. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry, posted 11th Bn DLI. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 28/6/1944 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry. (DLI Enlistment Book shows date of death as 27/6/1944). | ||
|Died/Killed in action=28 | |Joined Brigade=Date not yet known. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=28-Jun-44. | |||
|Home address=Thought to have been a resident of Sheffield. No further family information as yet. Buried Grave IV. E. 18. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel. | |||
|Image Name=Macauley_N_11_DLI.JPG | |||
|Image Title=Pte N Macauley's CWGC headstone. | |||
|Source table=11DLI | |Source table=11DLI | ||
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The War Office casualty list shows that Pte Macauley was born in Sheffield - this is at odds with the research findings set out above. | |||
Latest revision as of 15:15, 29 November 2016
Personnel Entry
Name Macauley Norman
Army number 14412009
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Research suggests Macauley was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire in 1925, mother's maiden name Caveney.
Age 0
Unit General Service Corps - no enlistment details yet. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry, posted 11th Bn DLI. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 28/6/1944 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry. (DLI Enlistment Book shows date of death as 27/6/1944).
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet known.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 28-Jun-44.
Home address Thought to have been a resident of Sheffield. No further family information as yet. Buried Grave IV. E. 18. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
Source table 11DLI
The War Office casualty list shows that Pte Macauley was born in Sheffield - this is at odds with the research findings set out above.