Difference between revisions of "Cantlay James Alexander 2/Lt 138526"
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Revision as of 07:30, 5 September 2014
Personnel Entry
Name Cantlay James Alexander
Army number 138526
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth 1918
Age 24
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 4/7/1940, Posted No 4 I.T.C. 6/7/1940, Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940, Iceland, Posted No 4 I.T.C. 1/12/1941, Sick leave, Posted 10th Bn DLI 4/5/1942 - left Battalion June 1942 for the Middle East, Posted 8th Bn DLI, KILLED in ACTION with 8th Bn DLI.
Company/Battery D, A, E,
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Platoon. Commander.
Joined Brigade 09-Jul-40
Promotions W/S Lt 4/1/1942
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 02-Nov-42
Home address Son of Alexander White Cantlay and Muriel Cantlay of "Dunsinane", Pundaluoya, Ceylon; husband of Barbara Mary Cantlay (nee Brown - married 6/7/1940 at St Mary's, Stoke Bishop), of Stoke Bishop, Bristol. Commemorated Column 67 Alamein Memorial.
Source table 10DLI
