Marr Leslie Walter Private 6207668
Personnel Entry
Name Marr Leslie Walter
Army number 6207668
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 26/4/1920 in Chelsea, London. Mother's maiden surname Browning.
Age Aged 77 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment 8/5/1939. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland. Served Normandy.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Driver/Operator.
Joined Brigade On 2nd Kensingtons being part of the Brigade Group.
Promotions Appointed Lance Corporal. Returned to Rank of Private at his own request. Promoted Corporal.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Death registered in April 1997 in Buckinghamshire at the age of 77.
Home address Father Henry Marr (1889 - 1964). Mother Alice May Browning (1899 - 1961). Married Pamela Jean Pope (1926 - 2023) (who he had met when the Unit was stationed in Llantwit Major) in Paddington in 1947.
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