Bansall Ian Aitken Lieutenant 137292
Personnel Entry
Name Bansall Ian Aitken
Army number 137292
Rank Lieutenant
Decorations
Date of birth Born Angus 10-Feb-20.
Age 24 at the time of his death.
Unit The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 22/6/1940. Posted 14th Bn DLI 4/7/1940. Posted 11th Bn DLI 28/4/1943. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 27/6/1944 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery Support Company in 14th Battalion. A Company in 11th Battalion. B Company in 11th Battalion.
Platoon or other sub-unit 14th Bn - Carrier Platoon. B Company HQ.
Task or role 2 i/c, Duty Officer. Company 2 i/c in B Company, 11th Battalion.
Joined Brigade 28-Apr-43.
Promotions W/S Lt 22/12/41, A/Capt 29/10/41, T/Capt 29/1/42.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 27-Jun-44. Initially interred at Rauray, alongside other Brigade casualties, Map sheet 7F/1 reference 885.661. Re-buried 26/4/1945 in Grave IV. E. 3. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel. Headstone inscription reads:- "ONE OF THE MANY FAITHFUL DURHAMS WHO DID SO MUCH FOR SO MANY OF US".
Home address Resident of Durham City. Son of Major John Wilson and Katherine Malcolm Bansall, Norton, Stockton. Educated Durham School and St John's College, Cambridge (Science).
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