Difference between revisions of "Cornell Walter Leslie 4455279"
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|Surname and forenames=Cornell Walter Leslie | |Surname and forenames=Cornell Walter Leslie | ||
|Army number=4455279 | |Army number=4455279 | ||
| − | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - 2nd May 1939. Posted 8th Battalion DLI. Posted 11th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Posted 13th (Home Defence) Battalion DLI 2/11/1939. Transferred to the Royal Artillery 27/11/1942. Underwent Artillery training. Posted to the 86th Field Regiment - date not yet known. Served Normandy. Posted 46 Reinforcement Holding unit 7/8/1945. Posted Y List BAOR 9/9/1945. Y Release 11/9/1945. Returned to the UK. Demobilised. Relegated to Class Z Reserve 23/11/1945. Discharged under TA Regulations 1936 Section 204 para 6a on re-enlistment. Re-Enlisted in the 8th Battalion DLI (TA) 2/9/1948. | + | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - 2nd May 1939. Posted to the 8th Battalion DLI. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939 on embodiment. Posted 13th (Home Defence) Battalion DLI 2/11/1939. Transferred to the Royal Artillery 27/11/1942. Underwent Artillery training. Trained as a Medical Orderly. Posted to the 86th Field Regiment - date not yet known. Served Normandy. Posted 46 Reinforcement Holding unit 7/8/1945. Posted Y List BAOR 9/9/1945. Granted Y Release 11/9/1945. Returned to the UK. Demobilised. Relegated to Class Z Reserve 23/11/1945. Discharged from the Reserve under TA Regulations 1936 Section 204 para 6a on re-enlistment. Re-Enlisted in the 8th Battalion DLI (TA) 2/9/1948. |
| − | |Decorations=Military Medal - awarded for actions with the 86th Field Regiment (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) in North West Europe. | + | |Decorations=Military Medal - awarded for actions with the 86th Field Regiment (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) in North West Europe. For citation see below. |
| − | |Date of birth=Born 2/10/1907 New Kyo, County Durham. | + | |Date of birth=Born 2/10/1907 in New Kyo, County Durham. |
|Age=83 at the time of his death. | |Age=83 at the time of his death. | ||
| − | |Company/Battery=Company not yet known. | + | |Company/Battery=11th DLI Company not yet known. |
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | ||
| − | |Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman. | + | |Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman in the DLI. Medical Orderly in the Royal Artillery. |
|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939. | |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939. | ||
|Promotions=None known. | |Promotions=None known. | ||
|Wounded=Not yet known. | |Wounded=Not yet known. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=Died Durham April 1991. | |Died/Killed in action=Died Durham April 1991. | ||
| − | |Home address=Resident of Stanley in 1980. Father John George Cornell (1880 - 1948). Mother Alice Hardy/Hughes (1878 - ?) Married Keziah Winifred Alderson (1908 - 1992) in Lanchester June 1929. | + | |Home address=Resident of Stanley in 1980. Father John George Cornell (1880 - 1948). Mother Alice Hardy/Hughes (1878 - ?). Married Keziah Winifred Alderson (1908 - 1992) in Lanchester June 1929. |
|Source table=PBM | |Source table=PBM | ||
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Revision as of 18:13, 7 February 2022
Personnel Entry
Name Cornell Walter Leslie
Army number 4455279
Rank
Decorations Military Medal - awarded for actions with the 86th Field Regiment (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) in North West Europe. For citation see below.
Date of birth Born 2/10/1907 in New Kyo, County Durham.
Age 83 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - 2nd May 1939. Posted to the 8th Battalion DLI. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939 on embodiment. Posted 13th (Home Defence) Battalion DLI 2/11/1939. Transferred to the Royal Artillery 27/11/1942. Underwent Artillery training. Trained as a Medical Orderly. Posted to the 86th Field Regiment - date not yet known. Served Normandy. Posted 46 Reinforcement Holding unit 7/8/1945. Posted Y List BAOR 9/9/1945. Granted Y Release 11/9/1945. Returned to the UK. Demobilised. Relegated to Class Z Reserve 23/11/1945. Discharged from the Reserve under TA Regulations 1936 Section 204 para 6a on re-enlistment. Re-Enlisted in the 8th Battalion DLI (TA) 2/9/1948.
Company/Battery 11th DLI Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman in the DLI. Medical Orderly in the Royal Artillery.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Died Durham April 1991.
Home address Resident of Stanley in 1980. Father John George Cornell (1880 - 1948). Mother Alice Hardy/Hughes (1878 - ?). Married Keziah Winifred Alderson (1908 - 1992) in Lanchester June 1929.
Source table PBM
Thanks are due to Tom Tunney for additional information about this soldier and to resources found on Ancestry.co.uk.
