Difference between revisions of "Marks Lionel Pte 4459318"
| (5 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | [[File: | + | [[File:Lionel_marks_11_DLI_Sund_Echo_July_15th_1940.png|800px|thumb|centre|Clipping from Sunderland Echo]] |
Latest revision as of 17:49, 13 March 2023
Personnel Entry
Name Marks Lionel
Army number 4459318
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born Sunderland 1917/18.
Age 22 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests late 1939 or early 1940. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Evacuated to the UK via Dunkirk. DIED from Accidental Gun Shot Wound 8/7/1940.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade On enlistment.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known, other than the GSW which caused his death.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Died 08-Jul-40. Buried Ward 47. Sec. A. Jewish Plot. Grave 203. Sunderland (Bishopwearmouth) Cemetery.
Home address Resident of Sunderland. Son of Morris and Annie Marks, Sunderland.
Source table 11DLI
