Stephenson Donald Francis 2/Lt 233296
Personnel Entry
Name Stephenson Donald Francis
Army number 233296
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations M.B.E. 24/1/1946
Date of birth 1921
Age 0
Unit Posted as Cadet, Cambridge University OCTU. Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 2/5/1942. Posted 11th Bn DLI 8/5/1942. With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944 as Captain and Adjutant. Posted No 48 Reinforcement Holding Unit. Trf South Wales Borderers, Posted 2nd Bn SWB. Unemployed list 1946.
Company/Battery D Company, A Company, Bn HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Messing Officer, Adjutant 1/6/1943.
Joined Brigade 8/5/1942
Promotions W/S Lt 2/11/1942, A/Captain 1/6/1943, T/Captain 1/9/1943, W/S Captain and T/Major 28/3/1946.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Educated Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, (BA 1948, MA 1953) Boxing Blue. Resident of Ascot, Berkshire in 1976. Executive - Shell Oil.
Source table 11DLI
