Difference between revisions of "Brockbanks John George Jefferson Pte 14658624"
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|Date of birth=Born Sunderland 1924/25. | |Date of birth=Born Sunderland 1924/25. | ||
|Age=19 | |Age=19 | ||
| − | |Unit=General Service Corps. | + | |Unit=General Service Corps - no enlistment date as yet. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry, posted 10th Bn DLI. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 11/7/1944 with 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. (DLI Enlistment Book and Roll of Honour shows surname as BROCKBANK). |
| + | |Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=11-Jul-44 | |Died/Killed in action=11-Jul-44 | ||
|Home address=Resident of Sunderland. Son of Foster Johnson and Margaret Jane Brockbanks, Sunderland. Buried Grave II. G. 1. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery. | |Home address=Resident of Sunderland. Son of Foster Johnson and Margaret Jane Brockbanks, Sunderland. Buried Grave II. G. 1. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery. | ||
| + | |Image Name=Brockbanks_J_G_J_10_DLI.JPG | ||
| + | |Image Title=Pte J G J Brockbanks' CWGC headstone. | ||
|Source table=10DLI | |Source table=10DLI | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:21, 29 November 2016
Personnel Entry
Name Brockbanks John George Jefferson
Army number 14658624
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born Sunderland 1924/25.
Age 19
Unit General Service Corps - no enlistment date as yet. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry, posted 10th Bn DLI. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 11/7/1944 with 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. (DLI Enlistment Book and Roll of Honour shows surname as BROCKBANK).
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 11-Jul-44
Home address Resident of Sunderland. Son of Foster Johnson and Margaret Jane Brockbanks, Sunderland. Buried Grave II. G. 1. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.
Source table 10DLI
