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|Army number=138532
 
|Army number=138532
 
|Rank=2/Lt
 
|Rank=2/Lt
|Date of birth=1916
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|Decorations=None known so far.
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|Date of birth=15/2/1916
 
|Age=0
 
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 5/7/1940, Posted No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth 6/7/1940, Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940 - joined 10/7/1940, Iceland, Bayeux General Hospital 8/8/1944, Returned to Battalion 12/8/1944, With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944In 97 (British) General Hospital late 1944, Unemployed list 1945 as Hon Major.
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|Unit=Duncan M Grant had served in the ranks of the Scots Guards as 2695208 before 1939, and, in 1939, still retained a Reserve commitment to the Scots Guards.  Scots Guards Regimental records show that he was discharged under the 1940 King's Regulations to a Commission on 3/7/1940.  This was presumably at the conclusion of an OCTU Course where he would have been a Cadet.  Joined The Durham Light Infantry - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 5/7/1940Posted No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth 6/7/1940Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940 - joined 10/7/1940.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Bayeux General Hospital 8/8/1944Returned to Battalion 12/8/1944With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944In 97 (British) General Hospital late 1944Unemployed list 1945 as Hon Major.
|Company/Battery=D Company, B Company, S Company, C Company
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|Company/Battery=D Company, B Company, Support Company, C Company.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Anti-Tank Platoon
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|Platoon or other sub-unit=5th (Anti-Tank) Platoon.
|Task or role=Company Commander 24/9/1942, and April 1943, Platoon Commander 28/7/1943,Company Commander 2/7/1944,
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|Task or role=Company Commander 24/9/1942, and April 1943Platoon Commander 28/7/1943, Company Commander 2/7/1944.
|Joined Brigade=09-Jul-40
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|Joined Brigade=09-Jul-40.
|Promotions=W/S Lt 27/4/1941, A/Captain 1/10/1941, T/Captain 1/1/1942, W/S Captain and A/Major 2/10/1944
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|Promotions=W/S Lt 27/4/1941, A/Captain 1/10/1941, T/Captain 1/1/1942, W/S Captain and A/Major 2/10/1944.
|Died/Killed in action=1999, Northampton.
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|Died/Killed in action=Died 1999 aged 83.  Death registered 6/1999 in Northampton.
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|Home address=In the 1939 General Register he was a single man living with his mother at 27, St David's Road, Northampton and working as a Police Constable, presumably having left the Scots Guards.  Research indicates that he married Hazel Woods at Northampton in Q2 1953 (to be confirmed).
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
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Latest revision as of 10:53, 6 November 2018

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Name Grant Duncan MacPherson
Army number 138532
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations None known so far.
Date of birth 15/2/1916
Age 0
Unit Duncan M Grant had served in the ranks of the Scots Guards as 2695208 before 1939, and, in 1939, still retained a Reserve commitment to the Scots Guards. Scots Guards Regimental records show that he was discharged under the 1940 King's Regulations to a Commission on 3/7/1940. This was presumably at the conclusion of an OCTU Course where he would have been a Cadet. Joined The Durham Light Infantry - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 5/7/1940. Posted No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth 6/7/1940. Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940 - joined 10/7/1940. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Bayeux General Hospital 8/8/1944. Returned to Battalion 12/8/1944. With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944. In 97 (British) General Hospital late 1944. Unemployed list 1945 as Hon Major.
Company/Battery D Company, B Company, Support Company, C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit 5th (Anti-Tank) Platoon.
Task or role Company Commander 24/9/1942, and April 1943. Platoon Commander 28/7/1943, Company Commander 2/7/1944.
Joined Brigade 09-Jul-40.
Promotions W/S Lt 27/4/1941, A/Captain 1/10/1941, T/Captain 1/1/1942, W/S Captain and A/Major 2/10/1944.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Died 1999 aged 83. Death registered 6/1999 in Northampton.
Home address In the 1939 General Register he was a single man living with his mother at 27, St David's Road, Northampton and working as a Police Constable, presumably having left the Scots Guards. Research indicates that he married Hazel Woods at Northampton in Q2 1953 (to be confirmed).
Source table 11DLI