Anson Alfred L /Cpl 4458056
Personnel Entry
Name Anson Alfred
Army number 4458056
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Research confirmed birth on 1/4/1919, registered in Wortley, Yorkshire.
Age 72 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet. Posted ? 6th Bn DLI. Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France Reported MISSING 20/6/1940, now known to have been taken Prisoner of War (probably on 20/5/1940 or shortly thereafter) - officially notified 4/8/1940. Repatriated to the UK 1/5/1945. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)A on 10/11/1945, DISCHARGED DLI 1945.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman - perhaps deputy Section Commander.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions Lance Corporal.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - held in Stalag 8B and 344 (Lambinowice, Poland), PoW Number 76400.
Died/Killed in action Research shows death registered in Barnsley in April 1991 at the age of 72.
Home address Son of Mr and Mrs John Anson, who lived at 546 Upper Wortley Road, Thorpe Hesley.
Source table 10DLI
Family research information set out above was confirmed by historian Jim Tuckwell, who also supplied photographs. Family help with further details would be most welcome.
