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Revision as of 07:20, 5 September 2014
Personnel Entry
Name Brewis James
Army number 89565
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations M.C. 19/10/1944
Date of birth April 1920
Age 24
Unit Durham Light Infantry - 2/Lt 8th Bn 17/6/1939, Embodied 24/8/39, Posted 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39, Iceland, Instructor - 49th Division Battle School, Wounded and evacuated beyond Regimental Aid Post 1/7/1944, DIED of WOUNDS 6/7/1944.
Company/Battery A Coy, C Coy
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Platoon Commander, Company 2i/c 12/7/1943, Company Commander 27/6/1944
Joined Brigade 01-Sep-39
Promotions T/Captain, A/Major
Wounded 1/7/1944
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 06-Jul-44
Home address Son of William and Edith Jane Brewis, Whittingham, Northumberland. Home: Inverdene, New Washington, County Durham. Battalion records show his number as 98565. Ranked as Major at the time of his death. Buried Grave III. J. 9. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.
Source table 11DLI
