Anderson George L /Cpl 2060459
Personnel Entry
Name Anderson George
Army number 2060459
Rank L /Cpl
Decorations
Date of birth Research suggests 11/3/1920 - registered Q2 1920. Durham.
Age
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Engineers - no details yet - Enlistment Books destroyed. Transferred to the Leicestershire Regiment (date not known). Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940, posted 10th Bn DLI. Served BEF. Notification received that he had been taken Prisoner of War (probably on 20/5/1940 or shortly thereafter) on 26/6/1940. Repatriated. Posted 310 Infantry Training Centre. Transferred to the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 19/3/1947. Section B Release 3/9/1947.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 18/4/1940.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War Stalag 344 Number 12631 (some records show 12613).
Died/Killed in action Research indicates death registered in Gateshead April 1990, aged 70.
Home address Research indicates a marriage to Marjorie Hepple in Durham Northern District registered Q4 1951.
Source table 10DLI
Genealogical information requires confirmation.
