Harby Gordon Richard Pte 14690034

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Name Harby Gordon Richard
Army number 14690034
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born Leicester 1925/26.
Age 18 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the General Service Corps. Underwent Basic Training at a Preliminary Training Centre. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 17/7/1944 with 11th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known, other than the injuries leading to his death.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action 17-Jul-44. Interred initially at map reference Montilly 1/50,000 835.671. Re-buried 20/7/1945 in Grave II. B. 4. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads : MAY GOD IN HIS MERCY GRANT US THIS, TO MEET HIM ONCE AGAIN.
Home address Resident of Leicester. Son of Walter and Olive Gertrude Harby, Melton Mowbray, Leics.
Source table 11DLI