Difference between revisions of "Temple George Edward Pte 4447868"
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|Date of birth=18/6/1911 at Newton Bewley. Birth registered in Stockton on Tees, Q3 1911. | |Date of birth=18/6/1911 at Newton Bewley. Birth registered in Stockton on Tees, Q3 1911. | ||
|Age=94 at the time of his death. | |Age=94 at the time of his death. | ||
| − | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 4/12/1929 as a Regular soldier for seven years with the Colours and five on the Reserve. Posted to the 1st Battalion DLI. Understood to have been recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of War as a Reservist with the DLI. | + | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - attested 4/12/1929 - as a Regular soldier for seven years with the Colours and five on the Reserve. Posted to the Regimental Depot at Fenham Barracks 5/12/1929. Posted to the 1st Battalion DLI 14/5/1930. Transferred to Section "B" Army Reserve under King's Regulations Para 382 (i) 4/12/1936. Understood to have been recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of War as a Reservist with the DLI - mobilised at Newcastle upon Tyne 2/9/1939 and posted 5/9/1939. Posted to No.4 Infantry Training Centre. Transferred to the RAOC 14/3/1942 under Army Council Instruction 626/39 in the rank of Private and posted to the Armourers Training Centre RAOC on 17/7/1942. Documents to Leicester 25/8/1942. Under Army Council Instructions he was transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1/10/1942. Posted to 70th Brigade HQ 10/3/1943 and understood to have worked in the Brigade Workshops. Posted Western Expeditionary Force as a Staff Sergeant 6/2/1944. Returned to 70th Brigade Workshops 12/3/1944. Embarked for France 9/7/1944. |
| − | + | Served Normandy. Struck off strength 70th Brigade 26/8/1944 on disbandment. Posted 146 Brigade HQ. Posted 803 Infantry 1/8/1945. | |
| + | Embarked for UK. Released to Class "Z" Reserve 30/12/1945. Discharged from Reserve commitment 10/2/1954. | ||
|Company/Battery=Brigade HQ. | |Company/Battery=Brigade HQ. | ||
| − | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Brigade Workshops - RAOC | + | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Brigade Workshops - RAOC then REME from 1/10/1942. |
|Task or role=Armourer. | |Task or role=Armourer. | ||
|Joined Brigade=Exact date not yet known. | |Joined Brigade=Exact date not yet known. | ||
| − | |Promotions=Promoted to WOII. | + | |Promotions=Unpaid L/Cpl 1/3/1932. Paid L/Cpl 15/8/1932 - 1/12/1934. Acting L/Cpl 6/6/1940. Acting Armourer Sergeant 9/4/1943. Granted War Substantive Rank of Armourer Sergeant following a period at Acting Rank. Promoted to Unpaid Acting Armourers Quarter Master Sergeant |
| + | 21/6/1943. Appointed Paid WOII having held Acting Rank for 21 days. Passed Trade Test and upgraded to Class A WO II 6/4/1944. | ||
|Wounded=Not as far as is known. | |Wounded=Not as far as is known. | ||
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known. | |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known. | ||
Revision as of 15:19, 16 May 2019
Personnel Entry
Name Temple George Edward
Army number 4447868
Rank Private.
Decorations None known, other than service medals.
Date of birth 18/6/1911 at Newton Bewley. Birth registered in Stockton on Tees, Q3 1911.
Age 94 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - attested 4/12/1929 - as a Regular soldier for seven years with the Colours and five on the Reserve. Posted to the Regimental Depot at Fenham Barracks 5/12/1929. Posted to the 1st Battalion DLI 14/5/1930. Transferred to Section "B" Army Reserve under King's Regulations Para 382 (i) 4/12/1936. Understood to have been recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of War as a Reservist with the DLI - mobilised at Newcastle upon Tyne 2/9/1939 and posted 5/9/1939. Posted to No.4 Infantry Training Centre. Transferred to the RAOC 14/3/1942 under Army Council Instruction 626/39 in the rank of Private and posted to the Armourers Training Centre RAOC on 17/7/1942. Documents to Leicester 25/8/1942. Under Army Council Instructions he was transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1/10/1942. Posted to 70th Brigade HQ 10/3/1943 and understood to have worked in the Brigade Workshops. Posted Western Expeditionary Force as a Staff Sergeant 6/2/1944. Returned to 70th Brigade Workshops 12/3/1944. Embarked for France 9/7/1944.
Served Normandy. Struck off strength 70th Brigade 26/8/1944 on disbandment. Posted 146 Brigade HQ. Posted 803 Infantry 1/8/1945.
Embarked for UK. Released to Class "Z" Reserve 30/12/1945. Discharged from Reserve commitment 10/2/1954.
Company/Battery Brigade HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit Brigade Workshops - RAOC then REME from 1/10/1942.
Task or role Armourer.
Joined Brigade Exact date not yet known.
Promotions Unpaid L/Cpl 1/3/1932. Paid L/Cpl 15/8/1932 - 1/12/1934. Acting L/Cpl 6/6/1940. Acting Armourer Sergeant 9/4/1943. Granted War Substantive Rank of Armourer Sergeant following a period at Acting Rank. Promoted to Unpaid Acting Armourers Quarter Master Sergeant
21/6/1943. Appointed Paid WOII having held Acting Rank for 21 days. Passed Trade Test and upgraded to Class A WO II 6/4/1944.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died in Darlington Memorial Hospital on 25/10/2005 at the age of 94.
Home address Father was James Temple and mother Ada Clark. Married Marjorie Agar in Darlington on 27/7/1938. Pre-war he worked as a machinist with Vickers at Elswick and also at Weybridge, and post-war, he worked at North Eastern Railway shops at Darlington, until their closure in 1963/64 - leading to his redundancy, and then, also as a machinist, at Richardsons until his retirement in 1976.
Source table
We are indebted to WO II Temple's grandson for much of the information on him.
To read a "People's War" entry on WOII Temple, which includes a photograph of him, please click [1] here.
