Difference between revisions of "Dovernor Dennis Pte 4546811"
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|Date of birth=Born Yorkshire 1923/24. | |Date of birth=Born Yorkshire 1923/24. | ||
|Age=20 | |Age=20 | ||
| − | |Unit=West Yorkshire Regiment, | + | |Unit=Joined the West Yorkshire Regiment, enlisted 31/5/1941. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 8/2/1943 under DO 26/43, (West Yorks Discharge Books mentions also number 4545741 but that volume is missing). Posted 11th Bn DLI. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 27/6/1944 with 11th Bn DLI. |
| − | |Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44 | + | |Joined Brigade=8/2/1943. |
| + | |Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44. | ||
|Home address=Resident of Yorkshire. Son of Thomas and Annie Dovernor, Ingrow, Keighley. Buried Grave IV. F. 17. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel. | |Home address=Resident of Yorkshire. Son of Thomas and Annie Dovernor, Ingrow, Keighley. Buried Grave IV. F. 17. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel. | ||
| + | |Image Name=Dovernor_D_11_DLI.JPG | ||
| + | |Image Title=Pte D Dovernor's CWGC headstone. | ||
|Source table=11DLI | |Source table=11DLI | ||
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The DLI Roll of Honour spells Pte Dovernor's surname DOVERNER - this is assumed to be a manuscript error. | The DLI Roll of Honour spells Pte Dovernor's surname DOVERNER - this is assumed to be a manuscript error. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:42, 29 November 2016
Personnel Entry
Name Dovernor Dennis
Army number 4546811
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born Yorkshire 1923/24.
Age 20
Unit Joined the West Yorkshire Regiment, enlisted 31/5/1941. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 8/2/1943 under DO 26/43, (West Yorks Discharge Books mentions also number 4545741 but that volume is missing). Posted 11th Bn DLI. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 27/6/1944 with 11th Bn DLI.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 8/2/1943.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 27-Jun-44.
Home address Resident of Yorkshire. Son of Thomas and Annie Dovernor, Ingrow, Keighley. Buried Grave IV. F. 17. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
Source table 11DLI
The DLI Roll of Honour spells Pte Dovernor's surname DOVERNER - this is assumed to be a manuscript error.
