Coffey Donald Ashton 2/Lt 303044
Personnel Entry
Name Coffey Donald Ashton
Army number 303044
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth Possibly 25/3/1924, mother's maiden name Eastman (to be confirmed).
Age 0
Unit Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt in the Middlesex Regiment 24/12/1943. Attached to The Durham Light Infantry, Posted 10th Bn DLI 31/3/1944, Auth: 21st Army Grp dated 22/3/1944. Posting cancelled - Auth: HQ 49th Div 4154/A dated 20/4/1944.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Duty Officer.
Joined Brigade 31-Mar-44
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Lived Haltwhistle? Possibly October 1991, Sheffield, aged 67. Possibly married to Phyllis (died 2009).
Home address
Source table 10DLI
No information was available as to why Lt Coffey's posting to 10th DLI was cancelled. The family history information on this Officer all requires further confirmation.