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|Army number=4457030
 
|Army number=4457030
 
|Rank=Private.
 
|Rank=Private.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
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|Date of birth=Born 26/5/1920 at Whorlton, Barnard Castle, County Durham.
|Age=0
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|Age=99 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not known, but probably mid-1939.  Posted ? Bn DLI.  Served B.E.F. ? Served Iceland?  Served Normandy?  
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|Decorations=Military Medal - gazetted 9/7/1940, together with Service Awards.
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|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not known, but probably mid-1939.  Posted ? Bn DLI.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Served Iceland?  Served Normandy?  
 
Transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 27/9/1944 - possibly on the disbandment of the Brigade.  Re-enlisted as 2255774 Dis EXE 1960.
 
Transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 27/9/1944 - possibly on the disbandment of the Brigade.  Re-enlisted as 2255774 Dis EXE 1960.
 
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
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|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 
|Prisoner of War-Not as far as is known.
 
|Prisoner of War-Not as far as is known.
|Died or Killed in action=Date of death not known.
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|Died or Killed in action=Died 14/1/2019 aged 99.
|Home address=No details yet.
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|Home address=Father - Charles Iceton - worked as an "Odd Man" for Major Morritt at Rokeby Hall.  Mother - Janet Robson.  Married Mary Josephine Snowden (1916 - 2008) at Calder, Cumberland in July 1944.
 
|Source table=PBM
 
|Source table=PBM
 
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Revision as of 10:28, 29 April 2025

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Name Iceton George Edward
Army number 4457030
Rank Private.
Decorations Military Medal - gazetted 9/7/1940, together with Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 26/5/1920 at Whorlton, Barnard Castle, County Durham.
Age 99 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not known, but probably mid-1939. Posted ? Bn DLI. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Served Iceland? Served Normandy? Transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 27/9/1944 - possibly on the disbandment of the Brigade. Re-enlisted as 2255774 Dis EXE 1960.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known - possibly Rifleman.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Father - Charles Iceton - worked as an "Odd Man" for Major Morritt at Rokeby Hall. Mother - Janet Robson. Married Mary Josephine Snowden (1916 - 2008) at Calder, Cumberland in July 1944.
Source table PBM