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|Army number=4468454 | |Army number=4468454 | ||
|Rank=Lance Corporal. | |Rank=Lance Corporal. | ||
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. | |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards - 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. | ||
|Date of birth= | |Date of birth=Born 23/1/1923. | ||
|Age= | |Age=At the time of his death. 53 years old. | ||
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry and underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Served Northern | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry and underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Served Northern France? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Wounded. Discharged 11/4/1945 under Para 390 (xvi) of King's Regulations 1940 as unfit for further military service. | ||
|Company/Battery=Not yet known. | |Company/Battery=Not yet known. | ||
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | ||
|Task or role=Not yet known - possibly Section 2 i/c. | |Task or role=Not yet known - possibly Rifle Section 2 i/c. | ||
|Joined Brigade= | |Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed. | ||
|Promotions=None known beyond Lance Corporal. | |Promotions=None known beyond Lance Corporal. | ||
|Wounded= | |Wounded=Yes - Normandy - 27/6/1944. | ||
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known. | |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known. | ||
|Died/Killed in action= | |Died/Killed in action=Death registered in Durham Western District in October 1976, aged 53. His injuries may well have contributed to his fairly early death. | ||
|Home address= ( | |Home address=Father - Benjamin Cook Atkinson (1876 - 1960) - Army and GPO Pensioner. Served as Air Raid Warden. Mother - Doris Kathleen Rowling (1897 - 1976). Lived at "Manoah", 40 Station Road, Coxhoe, Ferryhill, County Durham. Albert appears not to have married. In the 1939 General Register he is shown as working as a Market Gardener. | ||
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Personnel Entry
Name Anderson Albert
Army number 4468454
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards - 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal.
Date of birth Born 23/1/1923.
Age At the time of his death. 53 years old.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry and underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Served Northern France? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Wounded. Discharged 11/4/1945 under Para 390 (xvi) of King's Regulations 1940 as unfit for further military service.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not yet known - possibly Rifle Section 2 i/c.
Joined Brigade Not yet confirmed.
Promotions None known beyond Lance Corporal.
Wounded Yes - Normandy - 27/6/1944.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Death registered in Durham Western District in October 1976, aged 53. His injuries may well have contributed to his fairly early death.
Home address Father - Benjamin Cook Atkinson (1876 - 1960) - Army and GPO Pensioner. Served as Air Raid Warden. Mother - Doris Kathleen Rowling (1897 - 1976). Lived at "Manoah", 40 Station Road, Coxhoe, Ferryhill, County Durham. Albert appears not to have married. In the 1939 General Register he is shown as working as a Market Gardener.
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