Difference between revisions of "Sanders Frank Harold 1880456 Lance Sergeant"
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|Rank=Lance Sergeant. | |Rank=Lance Sergeant. | ||
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards | |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards | ||
| − | |Date of birth= | + | |Date of birth=Research indicates that he was born in London on 22/10/1917. |
| − | |Age= | + | |Age=66 at the time of his death. |
| − | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Engineers. Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Posted elsewhere. | + | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Engineers. Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Posted elsewhere (Enlistment Books destroyed). |
|Company/Battery=294th Field Company. | |Company/Battery=294th Field Company. | ||
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Served in No. 3 Platoon/Section. | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Served in No. 3 Platoon/Section. | ||
|Task or role=Details awaited. | |Task or role=Details awaited. | ||
| − | |Joined Brigade=Not yet | + | |Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed. |
|Promotions=None known beyond Lance Sergeant. | |Promotions=None known beyond Lance Sergeant. | ||
| − | |Wounded= | + | |Wounded=Yes - understood to have sustained a bullet graze to the head in Normandy. |
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known. | |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known. | ||
| − | |Died/Killed in action= | + | |Died/Killed in action=Died 24/6/1984. Cremated 29/6/1984 in Islington, London |
| − | |Home address=No family information yet. | + | |Home address=No further family information as yet. |
}} | }} | ||
Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified. | Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified. | ||
Latest revision as of 09:59, 18 December 2024
Personnel Entry
Name Sanders Frank Harold.
Army number 1880456.
Rank Lance Sergeant.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Research indicates that he was born in London on 22/10/1917.
Age 66 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Engineers. Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Posted elsewhere (Enlistment Books destroyed).
Company/Battery 294th Field Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Served in No. 3 Platoon/Section.
Task or role Details awaited.
Joined Brigade Not yet confirmed.
Promotions None known beyond Lance Sergeant.
Wounded Yes - understood to have sustained a bullet graze to the head in Normandy.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died 24/6/1984. Cremated 29/6/1984 in Islington, London
Home address No further family information as yet.
Source table
Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.
