Dillon Herbert R Private 6209472
Personnel Entry
Name Dillon Herbert R.
Army number 6209472
Rank Private
Decorations Not known
Date of birth Not yet known
Age 34 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment. Posted to 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment.
Company/Battery Not yet confirmed.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not known
Joined Brigade The Regiment was not associated with 70th Infantry Brigade at the time of Private Dillon's death.
Promotions Not known
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died between 31st March and 1st April 1942 (possibly as a result of wintry conditions).
Home address Son of Herbert Walter Dillon, and of Catherine Dillon, of Walworth, London. Buried in Grave 4, Military Plot, Row B, Akureyri Cemetery, Iceland. Headstone inscription - "IN LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR SON, BROTHER AND UNCLE SADLY MISSED BY US ALL. MUM"
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