Sopwith Ivan Gerald 2/Lt 117084
Personnel Entry
Name Sopwith Ivan Gerald
Army number 117084
Rank Lt
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 0
Unit Durham Light Infantry - served in the ranks as Pte - Regimental Number , Commissioned as Lt 17/2/1940, Posted 11th Bn DLI 11/3/1940, B.E.F., Iceland, Posted OCTU as an Instructor, Posted Highland Fieldcraft School 20/5/1943, Posted back to 11th Bn DLI 17/2/1944. Hospitalised 8-12/8/1944, With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944 as 2 i/c B Company, Trf Devonshire Regiment September 1944, Posted 2nd Bn, KILLED in ACTION 17/9/1944 with 2nd Bn Devonshire Regiment.
Company/Battery HQ Company, B Company
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Signals Officer, Company 2 i/c 1943 and as at 18/4/1944
Joined Brigade 11-Mar-40
Promotions W/S Lt 17/8/1941, T/Captain 4/11/1942
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 17/9/1944
Home address Son of Major Gerald Sopwith (late DLI) and his wife Stella, 37, Percy Gardens, Tynemouth. Educated Durham School. Buried Grave 11.A.11 Valkenswaard War Cemetery.
Source table 11DLI