Murray Vivian Bernard 2/Lt 138538
Personnel Entry
Name Murray Vivian Bernard
Army number 138538
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth Research indicates he was probably born in Tynemouth in 1910 - this is to be confirmed.
Age 0
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 5/7/1940. Posted No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth 6/7/1940. Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940. Served Iceland. Posted 70th Brigade HQ 1/8/1941. Posted 70th Bn DLI. Posted No 4 ITC. Posted 14th Bn DLI September 1943. Left 14th Bn by 1/11/1945. Unemployed list as Hon Captain 1945.
Company/Battery 11th Bn - Duty Officer, 70th Bn - C Company, ITC - B Company, 14th Bn - HQ Company, A Company, B Company, E Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Platoon Commander. Mortar Officer. Company Commander. Brigade HQ - Camp Commandant and Defence Platoon Commander.
Joined Brigade 09-Jul-40
Promotions W/S Lt 4/1/1942, T/Captain 5/3/1944.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Married Winifred L. Chessum in Birmingham South, Warwickshire, in Q1 1930. Lived in Walton-on-Thames in later life.
Source table 11DLI
