Browne John Cassells Lt 89229
Personnel Entry
Name Browne John Cassells
Army number 89229
Rank Lt
Decorations
Date of birth July 1916
Age 28
Unit Durham Light Infantry - 2/Lt 9th Bn DLI 17/6/1939, Embodied 24/8/1939, Posted 16th Bn DLI 1/7/1940, Rejoined No 4 ITC 25/9/1940, Posted 14th Bn DLI as at Oct 1941, Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943, Posted Reinforcement Company 6/5/1944, Posted 6th Bn DLI, KILLED in ACTION with 6th Bn DLI 9/8/1944.
Company/Battery D Company
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Platoon Commander
Joined Brigade 05-Dec-43
Promotions W/S Lt 1/1/1941, T/Captain 5/7/1941, Major
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 09-Aug-44
Home address Born Glengormley Co. Antrim. Son of Robert and Eliza J. Browne, of Glengormley, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland; husband of Agnes Nesbitt Browne. Buried Grave XXI. A. 10. Bayeux War Cemetery.
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