Tait James 2/Lt 148616
Personnel Entry
Name Tait James
Army number 148616
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 0
Unit Posted as Cadet, Sandhurst O.C.T.U. Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 7/9/1940, Posted 11th Bn DLI 24/9/1940. Injured playing Rugby - struck off strength 26/9/1940. Posted 15th Bn DLI. Transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps, Posted 155th Regiment RAC.
Company/Battery 11th Bn - E Company, 15th Bn - C Company, 155th Regt - C Squadron, left Squadron by October 1944.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role 11th Bn - Platoon Commander, 15th Bn - Assistant Passive Air Defence Officer, Passive Air Defence Officer, C Squadron - Signals Officer.
Joined Brigade 24-Sep-40
Promotions W/S Lt 7/3/1942, A/Captain 4/3/1943, T/Captain 4/6/1943.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Resident of Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1960.
Source table 11DLI
