Difference between revisions of "Yorke David Garnett Downing Lt 253705"
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|Army number=253705 | |Army number=253705 | ||
|Rank=Lt | |Rank=Lt | ||
| − | |Decorations= | + | |Decorations=None known beyond service medals. |
| − | |Date of birth= | + | |Date of birth=24/3/1921 at Lancaster. |
| − | |Age= | + | |Age=85 at the time of his death. |
| − | |Unit=Posted as Cadet | + | |Unit=Posted as Cadet to 164 OCTU. Joined The Durham Light Infantry - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 28/11/1942. Posted to the 14th Battalion DLI 28/11/1942. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 5/12/1943. Served Normandy. Posted to No. 52 Regimental Holding Unit. Posted 101 Reinforcement Group 6/5/1944 - return to 11th Battalion requested 27 May 1944. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 5/6/1944. Evacuated wounded to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944. Posted to the 14th Battalion DLI. Unemployed list 1947. Relinquished Emergency Commission on appointment to a Commission on the TA General List 1/9/1948. Posted as a 2/Lt - Cambridge and County School Contingent Combined Cadet Force 1/9/1948. RARO Lt (Hon Lt) 1/4/1950. Resigned Commission 31/8/1952. |
| − | |Company/Battery=14th | + | |Company/Battery=14th Battalion - B Company, Battalion HQ. 11th Battalion - A Company. |
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=7th Platoon. | |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=7th Platoon. | ||
| − | |Task or role=14th | + | |Task or role=14th Battalion - Duty Officer 1942. Platoon Commander - 7th Platoon. Captain and Assistant Adjutant 1945 |
| − | |Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43 | + | |Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43. |
|Promotions=W/S Lt 28/5/1943, T/Captain 15/6/1945, Lt 1/9/1948. | |Promotions=W/S Lt 28/5/1943, T/Captain 15/6/1945, Lt 1/9/1948. | ||
| − | |Wounded=27/6/1944. | + | |Wounded=Yes - 27/6/1944. |
| − | |Died/killed in action= | + | |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known. |
| − | |Home address= | + | |Died/killed in action=Death registered December 2006 in Barnet, London. |
| + | |Home address=Father - Garnet Oliver James Alexander Yorke, mother Adelaide Mathews. In the 1939 Register lived at Hullah, Outwood Lane, Horsforth, Leeds. Occupation - Schoolmaster. Resident in Cambridge 1950. Married Pauline Groves July 1945 in Central Durham. | ||
|Source table=11DLI | |Source table=11DLI | ||
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The McGregor Card Index has Lt Yorke's Officer number as 243745 - it appears that 253705 is correct. | The McGregor Card Index has Lt Yorke's Officer number as 243745 - it appears that 253705 is correct. | ||
Revision as of 15:35, 12 August 2019
Personnel Entry
Name Yorke David Garnett Downing
Army number 253705
Rank Lt
Decorations None known beyond service medals.
Date of birth 24/3/1921 at Lancaster.
Age 85 at the time of his death.
Unit Posted as Cadet to 164 OCTU. Joined The Durham Light Infantry - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 28/11/1942. Posted to the 14th Battalion DLI 28/11/1942. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 5/12/1943. Served Normandy. Posted to No. 52 Regimental Holding Unit. Posted 101 Reinforcement Group 6/5/1944 - return to 11th Battalion requested 27 May 1944. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 5/6/1944. Evacuated wounded to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944. Posted to the 14th Battalion DLI. Unemployed list 1947. Relinquished Emergency Commission on appointment to a Commission on the TA General List 1/9/1948. Posted as a 2/Lt - Cambridge and County School Contingent Combined Cadet Force 1/9/1948. RARO Lt (Hon Lt) 1/4/1950. Resigned Commission 31/8/1952.
Company/Battery 14th Battalion - B Company, Battalion HQ. 11th Battalion - A Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role 14th Battalion - Duty Officer 1942. Platoon Commander - 7th Platoon. Captain and Assistant Adjutant 1945
Joined Brigade 05-Dec-43.
Promotions W/S Lt 28/5/1943, T/Captain 15/6/1945, Lt 1/9/1948.
Wounded Yes - 27/6/1944.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action
Home address Father - Garnet Oliver James Alexander Yorke, mother Adelaide Mathews. In the 1939 Register lived at Hullah, Outwood Lane, Horsforth, Leeds. Occupation - Schoolmaster. Resident in Cambridge 1950. Married Pauline Groves July 1945 in Central Durham.
Source table 11DLI
The McGregor Card Index has Lt Yorke's Officer number as 243745 - it appears that 253705 is correct.
