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|Surname and forenames=Rowley James | |Surname and forenames=Rowley James | ||
|Army number=3658470 | |Army number=3658470 | ||
| − | |Rank= | + | |Rank=Corporal. |
| − | |Age=27 | + | |Date of birth=Born Lancashire 1912/13. |
| − | |Unit=South | + | |Age=27 at the time of his death. |
| − | |Died/Killed in action=11-Jul-44 | + | |Unit=Enlisted in the South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales Volunteers) 18/4/40. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, and posted to 10th Battalion DLI. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 11/7/44 while with 10th Bn DLI. |
| − | + | |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. | |
| + | |Company/Battery=Company not yet known. | ||
| + | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | ||
| + | |Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman. | ||
| + | |Promotions=None known. | ||
| + | |Wounded=Not yet known. | ||
| + | |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known. | ||
| + | |Joined Brigade=27/6/1940. | ||
| + | |Died/Killed in action=11-Jul-44. Initially interred at Map Reference Tilly-Sur-Seulles 7F/1 1/50,000 832.678. Re-buried 5/5/1945 in Grave III. G. 2. Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads : FOR OUR TOMORROW HE GAVE HIS TODAY, HIS LIFE, HIS ALL. HE DIED BELOVED BY ALL. | ||
| + | |Home address=Resident of Lancashire. Son of James and Agnes Rowley, Widnes. | ||
|Source table=10DLI | |Source table=10DLI | ||
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| + | Corporal Jimmy Rowley was a friend of the late Vane Dyson and appears in one of Vane's Iceland photographs as follows:- | ||
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| + | [[File:Jimmy_Rowley_at_Akranes.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|Corporal James Rowley at Akranes]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:35, 11 March 2022
Personnel Entry
Name Rowley James
Army number 3658470
Rank Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born Lancashire 1912/13.
Age 27 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales Volunteers) 18/4/40. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, and posted to 10th Battalion DLI. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 11/7/44 while with 10th Bn DLI.
Company/Battery Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 27/6/1940.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action 11-Jul-44. Initially interred at Map Reference Tilly-Sur-Seulles 7F/1 1/50,000 832.678. Re-buried 5/5/1945 in Grave III. G. 2. Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads : FOR OUR TOMORROW HE GAVE HIS TODAY, HIS LIFE, HIS ALL. HE DIED BELOVED BY ALL.
Home address Resident of Lancashire. Son of James and Agnes Rowley, Widnes.
Source table 10DLI
Corporal Jimmy Rowley was a friend of the late Vane Dyson and appears in one of Vane's Iceland photographs as follows:-
