Difference between revisions of "Sanderson Harry Keith Lieutenant 284905"
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|Rank=Lieutenant | |Rank=Lieutenant | ||
| − | |Date of birth=1918 | + | |Date of birth=Born Hull 1918. |
| − | |Age=26 | + | |Age=26 at the time of his death. |
| − | |Unit=Royal Artillery - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 2/7/1943 | + | |Unit=Royal Artillery - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 2/7/1943. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry under WOPL No 557 dated 14/1/1944, and posted to the 10th Bn DLI - joined 28/1/1944. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 19/8/1944 with 10th Bn The Durham Light Infantry. |
| − | |Company/Battery=A Company, Bn HQ | + | |Company/Battery=A Company, Bn HQ. |
| − | |Task or role=Company | + | |Task or role=Company 2 i/c, Intelligence Officer 18/6/1944. |
| − | |Joined Brigade=22-Jan-44 | + | |Joined Brigade=22-Jan-44. |
| − | |Died/Killed in action=19-Aug-44 | + | |Died/Killed in action=19-Aug-44. Interred initially at Le Mesnil Mauger, Map 7F/4 reference 314576. Re-buried 17/7/1946 in Grave XV. E. 7. Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads "I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU". |
| − | |Home address=Son of Harry Herbert and Maude Annie Sanderson, Hull. | + | |Home address=Resident of Hull. Son of Harry Herbert and Maude Annie Sanderson, Hull. |
| + | |Image Name=Sanderson_H_K_10_DLI.JPG | ||
| + | |Image Title=Capt H K Sanderson's CWGC headstone. | ||
|Source table=10DLI | |Source table=10DLI | ||
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| + | [[File:Daily_Mail_29_September_1944_0001_Clip_(1).jpg|800px|thumb|centre|Daily Mail Obituary Notice]] | ||
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| + | [[File:10_DLI_SANDERSON.png|600px|thumb|centre|Photo of Lt Sanderson]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:41, 16 February 2024
Personnel Entry
Name Sanderson Harry Keith
Army number 284905
Rank Lieutenant
Decorations
Date of birth Born Hull 1918.
Age 26 at the time of his death.
Unit Royal Artillery - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 2/7/1943. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry under WOPL No 557 dated 14/1/1944, and posted to the 10th Bn DLI - joined 28/1/1944. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 19/8/1944 with 10th Bn The Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery A Company, Bn HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Company 2 i/c, Intelligence Officer 18/6/1944.
Joined Brigade 22-Jan-44.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 19-Aug-44. Interred initially at Le Mesnil Mauger, Map 7F/4 reference 314576. Re-buried 17/7/1946 in Grave XV. E. 7. Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads "I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU".
Home address Resident of Hull. Son of Harry Herbert and Maude Annie Sanderson, Hull.
Source table 10DLI
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