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|Army number=4456153 | |Army number=4456153 | ||
|Rank=L/Cpl | |Rank=L/Cpl | ||
|Date of birth=Not yet known. | |||
|Age=0 | |Age=0 | ||
|Unit= | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date (but probably mid-May 1939). Posted ? 8th Battalion DLI. Posted 11th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served in Northern France with the BEF? Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Transferred to the Dorsetshire Regiment 19/10/44, Docs to Exeter 27/11/44. Transferred to the Royal Welch Fusiliers 27/2/1945. | ||
|Joined Brigade=Date not confirmed but probably 1/9/1939. | |||
|Promotions=Sergeant. Featured in 1944 photo of Sgt's Mess. | |||
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known. | |||
|Home address=No family information as yet. | |||
|Source table=11DLI | |Source table=11DLI | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:15, 3 March 2025
Personnel Entry
Name Handy John
Army number 4456153
Rank L/Cpl
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 0
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date (but probably mid-May 1939). Posted ? 8th Battalion DLI. Posted 11th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served in Northern France with the BEF? Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Transferred to the Dorsetshire Regiment 19/10/44, Docs to Exeter 27/11/44. Transferred to the Royal Welch Fusiliers 27/2/1945.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not confirmed but probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions Sergeant. Featured in 1944 photo of Sgt's Mess.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address No family information as yet.
Source table 11DLI