Walsh John Lawrence Lieutenant 162661

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Name Walsh John Lawrence
Army number 162661
Rank Lieutenant
Decorations
Date of birth 17/4/1922
Age 22
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 21/12/1940, Posted 70th Bn DLI, Posted and joined 10th Bn DLI 10/4/1943, KILLED in ACTION 28/6/1944.
Company/Battery 70th Bn - Bn HQ, B Company, 10th Bn - A, Bn HQ,
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role 70th Bn - Assistant Adjutant/ Intelligence Officer, 10th Bn - Duty Officer, Intelligence Officer 6/43,
Joined Brigade 10-Apr-43
Promotions W/S Lt 21/6/1942
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 28-Jun-44
Home address Son of Col Lawrence Waddington Walsh OBE and Norah Walsh, Barton Turf, Norfolk. Educated Sedbergh 1935 - 1940. Commemorated Panel 17, Column 1, Bayeux Memorial.
Source table 10DLI