Difference between revisions of "Lodge Harry Pte 14412825"
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|Date of birth=15/4/1925 | |Date of birth=15/4/1925 | ||
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− | |Unit=General Service Corps - enlisted 25/11/1942 and placed on Reserve 26/11/1942. Transferred to the Northamptonshire Regiment 17/2/1943, Posted 70th Battalion (Young Soldiers). Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 10/7/1943, Posted 11th Battalion. In hospital in the UK 29/6/1944 to 26/8/1944. Posted No 4 Infantry Training Centre 29/7/1944. Posted No 30 Regimental Holding Unit 1/8/1944. Posted 11th Battalion 13/8/1944. Posted No 32 Regimental Holding Unit 26/8/1944. Transferred to the East Yorkshire Regiment 26/8/1944 | + | |Unit=General Service Corps - enlisted 25/11/1942 and placed on Reserve 26/11/1942. Transferred to the Northamptonshire Regiment 17/2/1943, Posted 70th Battalion (Young Soldiers). Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 10/7/1943, Posted 11th Battalion. Served Normandy. Wounded. In hospital in the UK 29/6/1944 to 26/8/1944. Posted No 4 Infantry Training Centre 29/7/1944. Posted No 30 Regimental Holding Unit 1/8/1944. Posted back to 11th Battalion 13/8/1944. Posted No 32 Regimental Holding Unit 26/8/1944 on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion. Transferred to the East Yorkshire Regiment 26/8/1944 and posted to the 2nd Battalion. Served in the Middle East 5/10/1945 to 7/6/1947. Released to Army Reserve 2/9/1947. Discharged from Reserve Liability 30/6/1959. |
− | |Company/Battery= | + | |Company/Battery=Not yet known. |
− | |Platoon or other sub-unit= | + | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. |
|Task or role=Rifleman | |Task or role=Rifleman | ||
|Joined Brigade=27/6/1944 | |Joined Brigade=27/6/1944 | ||
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|Wounded=27/6/1944 at [[Rauray]] and 7/9/1944 at Emerville | |Wounded=27/6/1944 at [[Rauray]] and 7/9/1944 at Emerville | ||
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known. | |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known. | ||
− | |Home address=Born Batley, son of Ben and Gertrude Lodge of 72 Kirkgate, Hanging Heath, Batley, W Yorks. Warehouse assistant. | + | |Home address=Born Batley, son of Ben and Gertrude Lodge of 72 Kirkgate, Hanging Heath, Batley, W Yorks. Worked as a Warehouse assistant. |
|Source table=11DLI | |Source table=11DLI | ||
|Image Name=Harry Lodge as L Cpl_-_cropped_version.jpg | |Image Name=Harry Lodge as L Cpl_-_cropped_version.jpg |
Revision as of 07:25, 11 July 2023
Personnel Entry
Name Lodge Harry
Army number 14412825
Rank Pte
Decorations 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, War Medal 1939-45, General Service Medal with clasp.
Date of birth 15/4/1925
Age 0
Unit General Service Corps - enlisted 25/11/1942 and placed on Reserve 26/11/1942. Transferred to the Northamptonshire Regiment 17/2/1943, Posted 70th Battalion (Young Soldiers). Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 10/7/1943, Posted 11th Battalion. Served Normandy. Wounded. In hospital in the UK 29/6/1944 to 26/8/1944. Posted No 4 Infantry Training Centre 29/7/1944. Posted No 30 Regimental Holding Unit 1/8/1944. Posted back to 11th Battalion 13/8/1944. Posted No 32 Regimental Holding Unit 26/8/1944 on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion. Transferred to the East Yorkshire Regiment 26/8/1944 and posted to the 2nd Battalion. Served in the Middle East 5/10/1945 to 7/6/1947. Released to Army Reserve 2/9/1947. Discharged from Reserve Liability 30/6/1959.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Rifleman
Joined Brigade 27/6/1944
Promotions L/Cpl 25/9/1945, A/Cpl 12/4/1946, W/S Cpl 11/7/1946
Wounded 27/6/1944 at Rauray and 7/9/1944 at Emerville
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address Born Batley, son of Ben and Gertrude Lodge of 72 Kirkgate, Hanging Heath, Batley, W Yorks. Worked as a Warehouse assistant.
Source table 11DLI
Harry Lodge appears on the photograph in the second from back row and ten places from the right - as identified by his son Phil, whose help is gratefully acknowledged.