Difference between revisions of "Russell James Thomas Darnell Lt 184188"
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|Joined Brigade=27/5/1941. | |Joined Brigade=27/5/1941. | ||
|Promotions=W/S Lt 1/10/1942, T/Captain 30/7/1943. | |Promotions=W/S Lt 1/10/1942, T/Captain 30/7/1943. | ||
| − | |Died/Killed in action=29-Jun-44. | + | |Died/Killed in action=29-Jun-44. Initially interred at Rauray - Map Sheet 7F/1 - map reference 892.655. |
| − | |Home address=Resident of Paisley. Son of Thomas Gatehouse and Alice Lena Russell (nee Cook), husband of Sarah Peacock Wilson Russell, 61, Stubbington Avenue, Portsmouth. | + | |Home address=Resident of Paisley. Son of Thomas Gatehouse and Alice Lena Russell (nee Cook), husband of Sarah Peacock Wilson Russell, 61, Stubbington Avenue, Portsmouth. Re-buried 26/4/1945 in Grave IV. E. 13. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel. Headstone inscription reads "BELOVED HUSBAND OF CIS AND LOVING DADDY OF ROLAND. TIME PASSES, SHADOWS FALL REMEMBRANCE OUTLASTS ALL". |
|Image Name=Russell_J_T_D_10_DLI.JPG | |Image Name=Russell_J_T_D_10_DLI.JPG | ||
|Image Title=Lt J T D Russell's CWGC headstone. | |Image Title=Lt J T D Russell's CWGC headstone. | ||
|Source table=10DLI | |Source table=10DLI | ||
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Revision as of 18:56, 30 September 2018
Personnel Entry
Name Russell James Thomas Darnell
Army number 184188
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth Born South Shields 1912/13.
Age 31
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 19/4/1941. Posted 10th Bn DLI 27/5/1941. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Bn The Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery S.
Platoon or other sub-unit Pioneer, Mortar, Carrier.
Task or role Duty Officer, Platoon Commander.
Joined Brigade 27/5/1941.
Promotions W/S Lt 1/10/1942, T/Captain 30/7/1943.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 29-Jun-44. Initially interred at Rauray - Map Sheet 7F/1 - map reference 892.655.
Home address Resident of Paisley. Son of Thomas Gatehouse and Alice Lena Russell (nee Cook), husband of Sarah Peacock Wilson Russell, 61, Stubbington Avenue, Portsmouth. Re-buried 26/4/1945 in Grave IV. E. 13. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel. Headstone inscription reads "BELOVED HUSBAND OF CIS AND LOVING DADDY OF ROLAND. TIME PASSES, SHADOWS FALL REMEMBRANCE OUTLASTS ALL".
Source table 10DLI
