Vernals Leonard James L/Cpl 5255893
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Vernals Leonard James
Army number 5255893
Rank L/Cpl
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 28
Unit Worcestershire Regiment, Trf Rifle Brigade 21/6/1940. Not traced in Rifle Brigade Enlistment Books. Trf Somerset Light Infantry. Trf Durham Light Infantry, Posted 10th Bn DLI. Served Iceland?, KILLED in ACTION 20/6/1944 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-Jun-44
Home address Son of Albert Edward and Beatrice Maud Vernals, Husband of Lilian Annie Vernals, Birmingham. Buried Grave I. G. 4. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.
Source table 10DLI