Browne John Cassells Lt 89229

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Name Browne John Cassells
Army number 89229
Rank Lt
Decorations
Date of birth Born Glengormley, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland July 1916
Age 28
Unit Commissioned in The 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. Served Normandy. Posted 6th Bn DLI, probably on the disbandment of 11th Battalion. 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 Resident of Belfast. 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.
Source table 11DLI