Difference between revisions of "Ellison Robert Edward Captain 179846"
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For Captain Ellison's commemorative record please see [[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2806504/ELLISON,%20ROBERT%20EDWARD here]] | For Captain Ellison's commemorative record please see [[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2806504/ELLISON,%20ROBERT%20EDWARD here]] | ||
Revision as of 08:38, 2 July 2018
Personnel Entry
Name Ellison Robert Edward
Army number 179846
Rank Captain
Decorations
Date of birth 1911 in London.
Age 33
Unit The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 22/3/1941. Posted No 4 ITC. Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/11/1942. Served Normandy. Wounded and evacuated beyond Regimental Aid Post 1/7/1944. Posted No 4 ITC as at 12/8/1944 and return to Battalion requested. Returned to the Battalion 15/8/1944. With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944. Transferred to the Green Howards 30/9/1944. Posted 7th Bn. KILLED in ACTION with 7th Bn Green Howards 12/9/1944.
Company/Battery ITC - ATO as a 2/Lt, B Company, 11th Battalion - A Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Coy 2 i/c as at 4/3/1942 at ITC, and 2 i/c at 8/1/1943 with 11th Battalion.
Joined Brigade 5/11/1942.
Promotions W/S Lt 22/9/1942, A/Captain 8/1/1943, T/Captain 8/4/1943.
Wounded 1/7/1944 at Rauray.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 12/9/1944.
Home address Resident of Surrey. Son of Cornelius Samuel and Gladys Irene Ellison of Worcester Park, Surrey. Buried Grave IV.C.1. Geel War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads:- "WE HAVE LOST HIM HEAVEN HAS FOUND HIM. OUR LOVING MEMORY. MOTHER, FATHER, BABE".
Source table 11DLI
For Captain Ellison's commemorative record please see [here]
