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|Army number=137292 | |Army number=137292 | ||
|Rank=Lieutenant | |Rank=Lieutenant | ||
| + | |Decorations=None known so far. | ||
|Date of birth=Born Angus 10-Feb-20. | |Date of birth=Born Angus 10-Feb-20. | ||
| − | |Age=24 | + | |Age=24 at the time of his death. |
| − | |Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 22/6/1940. Posted 14th Bn DLI 4/7/1940. Posted 11th Bn DLI 28/4/1943. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 27/6/1944 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry. | + | |Unit=The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 22/6/1940. Posted 14th Bn DLI 4/7/1940. Posted 11th Bn DLI 28/4/1943. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 27/6/1944 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry. |
| − | |Company/Battery= | + | |Company/Battery=Support Company in 14th Battalion. A Company in 11th Battalion. B Company in 11th Battalion. |
| − | |Platoon or other sub-unit=14th Bn - Carrier Platoon. | + | |Platoon or other sub-unit=14th Bn - Carrier Platoon. B Company HQ. |
| − | |Task or role=2 i/c, Duty Officer. | + | |Task or role=2 i/c, Duty Officer. Company 2 i/c in B Company, 11th Battalion. |
|Joined Brigade=28-Apr-43. | |Joined Brigade=28-Apr-43. | ||
|Promotions=W/S Lt 22/12/41, A/Capt 29/10/41, T/Capt 29/1/42. | |Promotions=W/S Lt 22/12/41, A/Capt 29/10/41, T/Capt 29/1/42. | ||
| − | |Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44. | + | |Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 27-Jun-44. Initially interred at Rauray, alongside other Brigade casualties, Map sheet 7F/1 reference 885.661. |
| − | |Home address=Resident of Durham City. Son of Major John Wilson and Katherine Malcolm Bansall, Norton, Stockton. Educated Durham School and St John's College, Cambridge (Science). | + | |Home address=Resident of Durham City. Son of Major John Wilson and Katherine Malcolm Bansall, Norton, Stockton. Educated Durham School and St John's College, Cambridge (Science). Re-buried 26/4/1945 in Grave IV. E. 3. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel. Headstone inscription reads:- "ONE OF THE MANY FAITHFUL DURHAMS WHO DID SO MUCH FOR SO MANY OF US". |
|Image Name=Bansall_I_A_11_DLI.JPG | |Image Name=Bansall_I_A_11_DLI.JPG | ||
|Image Title=Capt I A Bansall's CWGC headstone. | |Image Title=Capt I A Bansall's CWGC headstone. | ||
|Source table=11DLI | |Source table=11DLI | ||
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| + | We are grateful to Paul Errington for supplying a more recent image of Captain Bansall's heeadstone, taken during a visit to Normandy in 2019. This is shown below. | ||
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| + | [[File:A_L_Bansall_(2).jpg|400px|thumb|centre|Captain Bansall's headstone with an accompanying photograph of him.]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:28, 16 May 2019
Personnel Entry
Name Bansall Ian Aitken
Army number 137292
Rank Lieutenant
Decorations None known so far.
Date of birth Born Angus 10-Feb-20.
Age 24 at the time of his death.
Unit The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 22/6/1940. Posted 14th Bn DLI 4/7/1940. Posted 11th Bn DLI 28/4/1943. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 27/6/1944 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery Support Company in 14th Battalion. A Company in 11th Battalion. B Company in 11th Battalion.
Platoon or other sub-unit 14th Bn - Carrier Platoon. B Company HQ.
Task or role 2 i/c, Duty Officer. Company 2 i/c in B Company, 11th Battalion.
Joined Brigade 28-Apr-43.
Promotions W/S Lt 22/12/41, A/Capt 29/10/41, T/Capt 29/1/42.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 27-Jun-44. Initially interred at Rauray, alongside other Brigade casualties, Map sheet 7F/1 reference 885.661.
Home address Resident of Durham City. Son of Major John Wilson and Katherine Malcolm Bansall, Norton, Stockton. Educated Durham School and St John's College, Cambridge (Science). Re-buried 26/4/1945 in Grave IV. E. 3. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel. Headstone inscription reads:- "ONE OF THE MANY FAITHFUL DURHAMS WHO DID SO MUCH FOR SO MANY OF US".
Source table 11DLI
We are grateful to Paul Errington for supplying a more recent image of Captain Bansall's heeadstone, taken during a visit to Normandy in 2019. This is shown below.
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