Difference between revisions of "Kellett John Ryerson 2/Lt 269445"
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|Date of birth=Born Ceylon 3/2/1924. | |Date of birth=Born Ceylon 3/2/1924. | ||
|Age=20 at the time of his death. | |Age=20 at the time of his death. | ||
| − | |Unit=Posted as Cadet to 161 O.C.T.U. The Durham Light Infantry - | + | |Unit=Posted as Cadet to 161 O.C.T.U. Joined The Durham Light Infantry - commissioned as a 2/Lt 2/4/1943. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 8/4/1943. Served Normandy. Evacuated wounded to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944. DIED of WOUNDS with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 27/6/1944. |
|Company/Battery=B Company. | |Company/Battery=B Company. | ||
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=12th Platoon. | |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=12th Platoon. | ||
|Task or role=Duty Officer. Platoon Commander. | |Task or role=Duty Officer. Platoon Commander. | ||
| − | |Joined Brigade=08-Apr-43 | + | |Joined Brigade=08-Apr-43. |
|Promotions=W/S Lt 2/10/1943. | |Promotions=W/S Lt 2/10/1943. | ||
|Wounded=27/6/1944. | |Wounded=27/6/1944. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:59, 5 June 2019
Personnel Entry
Name Kellett John Ryerson
Army number 269445
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth Born Ceylon 3/2/1924.
Age 20 at the time of his death.
Unit Posted as Cadet to 161 O.C.T.U. Joined The Durham Light Infantry - commissioned as a 2/Lt 2/4/1943. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 8/4/1943. Served Normandy. Evacuated wounded to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944. DIED of WOUNDS with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 27/6/1944.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Duty Officer. Platoon Commander.
Joined Brigade 08-Apr-43.
Promotions W/S Lt 2/10/1943.
Wounded 27/6/1944.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action DIED of WOUNDS 27-Jun-44. Initially interred at Chateau De Bussy (possibly the location of a Medical Unit) alongside other men who had died of wounds - Map 7F/1 reference 772.788. Re-buried 22/1/1945 in Grave XII. B. 3. Bayeux War Cemetery. No inscription on his headstone.
Home address Resident of Bedford. Son of Mrs F G Kellett, Silverdale, Lancashire.
Source table 11DLI
