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|Army number=4460230
 
|Army number=4460230
 
|Rank=Private.
 
|Rank=Private.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
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|Decorations=None known beyond the normal Service Awards, plus the France and Germany Star.
 
|Date of birth=Born 23/8/1916.
 
|Date of birth=Born 23/8/1916.
 
|Age=81 at the time of his death.
 
|Age=81 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 13/3/1940.  Posted to the Infantry Training Centre.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI 13/8/1940.  Served Iceland.  Attended Street Fighting Course in Birmingham .  Served Normandy.  Wounded 29/6/1944.  Evacuated to Southampton in the UK 1/7/1944.  Posted to No. 4 Infantry Training Centre17/11/1944.
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|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 13/3/1940.  Posted to the Infantry Training Centre for Basic Training.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI 13/8/1940.  Served Iceland.  Attended Street Fighting Course in Birmingham .  Served Normandy.  Wounded 29/6/1944.  Evacuated to Southampton in the UK 1/7/1944.  Posted to No. 4 Infantry Training Centre 17/11/1944.  Relegated to the Z/T Release.
 
|Company/Battery=Within the Battalion - not yet known for certain but probably Headquarters Company.   
 
|Company/Battery=Within the Battalion - not yet known for certain but probably Headquarters Company.   
 
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet known for certain but probably Signals Platoon.
 
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet known for certain but probably Signals Platoon.
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|Wounded=Sustained a scalp wound during an enemy counter attack on 29/6/1944.  Evacuated to Bayeux Hospital en route to the UK.
 
|Wounded=Sustained a scalp wound during an enemy counter attack on 29/6/1944.  Evacuated to Bayeux Hospital en route to the UK.
 
|Prisoner of War=No.
 
|Prisoner of War=No.
|Died/Killed in action=Died 19/7/1998.
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|Died/Killed in action=Died 7/7/1998 in Birmingham aged 81.
|Home address=Married Hilda Parker at the Church of Christ the King, Warren Farm Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham on 29/7/1944.  
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|Home address=Married Hilda E. Parker at the Church of Christ the King, Warren Farm Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham on 29/7/1944.  Registered Q3 1944.  Lived at 69 Elmbridge Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham.
 
|Image Name=Garvin_Wedding_1944.jpg
 
|Image Name=Garvin_Wedding_1944.jpg
 
|Image Title=Wedding Photo 29/7/1944.
 
|Image Title=Wedding Photo 29/7/1944.

Latest revision as of 10:28, 12 January 2025

Personnel Entry

Wedding Photo 29/7/1944.
Wedding Photo 29/7/1944.

Name Garvin William Joseph
Army number 4460230
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond the normal Service Awards, plus the France and Germany Star.
Date of birth Born 23/8/1916.
Age 81 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 13/3/1940. Posted to the Infantry Training Centre for Basic Training. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI 13/8/1940. Served Iceland. Attended Street Fighting Course in Birmingham . Served Normandy. Wounded 29/6/1944. Evacuated to Southampton in the UK 1/7/1944. Posted to No. 4 Infantry Training Centre 17/11/1944. Relegated to the Z/T Release.
Company/Battery Within the Battalion - not yet known for certain but probably Headquarters Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Despatch Rider.
Joined Brigade 13/8/1940.
Promotions Appointed Lance Corporal 12/11/1945.
Wounded Sustained a scalp wound during an enemy counter attack on 29/6/1944. Evacuated to Bayeux Hospital en route to the UK.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Died 7/7/1998 in Birmingham aged 81.
Home address Married Hilda E. Parker at the Church of Christ the King, Warren Farm Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham on 29/7/1944. Registered Q3 1944. Lived at 69 Elmbridge Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham.
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Group photos from Iceland are set out below - if users recognise men included please use the e-mail link to let the Lead Researcher know.


Small Iceland group.
Small Iceland group.