Dovernor Dennis Pte 4546811
Personnel Entry
Name Dovernor Dennis
Army number 4546811
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born Yorkshire 1923/24.
Age 20
Unit West Yorkshire Regiment, Enlisted 31/5/1941. Trf to The Durham Light Infantry 8/2/1943 under DO 26/43, (West Yorks Discharge Books mentions also number 4545741 but that volume is missing). Posted 11th Bn DLI. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 27/6/1944 with 11th Bn DLI.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 27-Jun-44
Home address Resident of Yorkshire. Son of Thomas and Annie Dovernor, Ingrow, Keighley. Buried Grave IV. F. 17. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
Source table 11DLI
The DLI Roll of Honour spells Pte Dovernor's surname DOVERNER - this is assumed to be a manuscript error.
