Iceton George Edward 4457030

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Name Iceton George Edward
Army number 4457030
Rank Private.
Decorations Military Medal - gazetted 9/7/1940, together with Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 26/5/1920 at Whorlton, Barnard Castle, County Durham.
Age 99 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not known, but probably mid-1939. Posted ? Bn DLI. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Served Iceland? Served Normandy? Transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 27/9/1944 - possibly on the disbandment of the Brigade. Demobilised. Re-enlisted as 2255774 Dis EXE 1960.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known - possibly Rifleman.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Father - Charles Iceton - worked as an "Odd Man" for Major Morritt at Rokeby Hall. Mother - Janet Robson. Married Mary Josephine Snowden (1916 - 2008) at Calder, Cumberland in July 1944. Resided 2006 - 2009 in Hartlepool, County Durham.
Source table PBM