Strickland Ernest Newton 2/Lieut. 153378
Personnel Entry
Name Strickland Ernest Newton
Army number 153378
Rank 2/Lieut.
Decorations
Date of birth
Age
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt gazetted 25/10/1940. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Posted ? Battalion DLI. Taken Prisoner of War (in Middle East?). Repatriated. Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps as a Lieutenant from his Emergency Commission in the DLI on 2/8/1947 - with seniority from 13/11/1941. Retired as a Major 27/5/1960 on retirement pay.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed.
Promotions Captain, Acting Major, Major 13/5/1953 with seniority only from 25/4/1953.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Held in Oflag O79 - Brunswick, Lower Saxony. PoW Number 1934.
Died/Killed in action
Home address
Source table 11DLI
