Cantlay James Alexander 2/Lt 138526
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Cantlay James Alexander
Army number 138526
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 24
Unit DLI - Emer Comm 4/7/1940, Posted No 4 I.T.C. 6/7/1940, Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940, Iceland, Posted No 4 I.T.C. 1/12/1941, Sick leave, Posted 10th Bn DLI 4/5/1942 - left Battalion by Aug 1942, Posted 8th Bn DLI, KILLED in ACTION with 8th Bn DLI.
Company/Battery D, A, E,
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Pln. Cdr.,
Joined Brigade 09-Jul-40
Promotions W/S Lt 4/1/1942
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 02-Nov-42
Home address Born 1918. Son of Alexander White Cantlay and Muriel Cantlay; husband of Barbara Mary Cantlay, of Stoke Bishop, Bristol. Commemorated Column 67 Alamein Memorial.
Source table 10DLI
