Pritchard Donald 2/Lieutenant 303018

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Name Pritchard Donald
Army number 303018
Rank 2/Lieutenant
Decorations
Date of birth 1917/18.
Age 26
Unit Served in Monmouthshire Regt as 4078012. Middlesex Regiment - Emergency Commission 2/Lt 24/12/1943. Attached to Durham Light Infantry 31/3/1944, Posted 10th Bn DLI. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 2/7/1944 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Duty Officer
Joined Brigade 31-Mar-44
Promotions W/S Lt.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 02-Jul-44
Home address Born 1918. Son of Mrs E M Jones, Husband of Olive Mary Pritchard, Mayhill, Monmouthshire. Buried Grave IX. F. 2. Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery.
Source table 10DLI

Lt Pritchard has been omitted from the list of those Officers from other Regiments. contained in the DLI Roll of Honour, who lost their lives while serving with the Durham Light Infantry.