Difference between revisions of "Brownley John Sgt 4455761"
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Latest revision as of 15:52, 20 March 2026
Personnel Entry
Name Brownley John
Army number 4455761
Rank Corporal.
Decorations B.E.M. and Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of his death).Not yet known.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly 2/5/1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI. Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Included on the acquittance roll for 10/5/1940. Evacuated to the UK via Dunkirk. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 24/8/44, on the disbanding of the 1st Tyneside Scottish - Authority: Part II Order TS 91/44. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 17/1/1946. Demobilised.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifle Section Commander.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions Sergeant.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet ascertained.
Home address 36, Charles St. Gateshead.
Source table 1TS
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