Difference between revisions of "Gill Ronald 2/Lt 92390"
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|Army number=92390 | |Army number=92390 | ||
|Rank=2/Lt | |Rank=2/Lt | ||
| − | |Date of birth=1914 | + | |Date of birth=Born County Durham 1914. |
|Age=28 | |Age=28 | ||
| − | |Unit=Durham Light Infantry - 2/Lt 6th Bn 19/7/1939 | + | |Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as 2/Lt in the 6th Bn 19/7/1939. Embodied 24/8/1939. Posted 10th Bn DLI 3/9/1939. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 28/6/1944. |
| − | |Company/Battery=Bn HQ, B (Assumed command 20/6/1942) | + | |Company/Battery=Bn HQ, B (Assumed command 20/6/1942). |
| − | |Task or role= | + | |Task or role=Intelligence Officer, Coy 2 i/c, OC. |
|Joined Brigade=03-Sep-39 | |Joined Brigade=03-Sep-39 | ||
| − | |Promotions=W/S Lt 17/11/1940, T/Captain 17/11/1940, T/Major 21/9/1943 | + | |Promotions=W/S Lt 17/11/1940, T/Captain 17/11/1940, T/Major 21/9/1943. |
|Died/Killed in action=28-Jun-44 | |Died/Killed in action=28-Jun-44 | ||
| − | |Home address= | + | |Home address=Resident of County Durham. Educated Wolsingham Grammar School. Bank Clerk, Barclays, Front St. Wolsingham. Son of John Joseph and Ann Gill, Crook. Ranked as Major at the time of his death. Buried Grave III. D. 3. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux. |
|Source table=10DLI | |Source table=10DLI | ||
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| + | To see the details of the Wolsingham Grammar School War Memorials on which Major Gill is commemorated please click [http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=9213 here] and [http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=9217 here]. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:58, 24 October 2016
Personnel Entry
Name Gill Ronald
Army number 92390
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth Born County Durham 1914.
Age 28
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as 2/Lt in the 6th Bn 19/7/1939. Embodied 24/8/1939. Posted 10th Bn DLI 3/9/1939. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 28/6/1944.
Company/Battery Bn HQ, B (Assumed command 20/6/1942).
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Intelligence Officer, Coy 2 i/c, OC.
Joined Brigade 03-Sep-39
Promotions W/S Lt 17/11/1940, T/Captain 17/11/1940, T/Major 21/9/1943.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 28-Jun-44
Home address Resident of County Durham. Educated Wolsingham Grammar School. Bank Clerk, Barclays, Front St. Wolsingham. Son of John Joseph and Ann Gill, Crook. Ranked as Major at the time of his death. Buried Grave III. D. 3. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux.
Source table 10DLI
To see the details of the Wolsingham Grammar School War Memorials on which Major Gill is commemorated please click here and here.
