Rowlands John James Cpl 4456706
Personnel Entry
Name Rowlands John James
Army number 4456706
Rank Corporal.
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry. No enlistment date but probably mid-1939. Posted ? 6th Bn DLI. Posted to the 10th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War - notification received 12/7/1940. A report to the effect that he had been declared missing appeared in the Auckland Chronicle of 18/7/1940. Repatriated early to the UK - possibly as a result of illness. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 12/1/1944 as unfit for further service.
Company/Battery C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions Corporal.
Wounded Not so far as is known, but his early repatriation may have been as a result of sickness or earlier injury.
Prisoner of War Camp number 20A(4). Prisoner number 10510.
Died/Killed in action Thought to have died 12/8/1964 - probate granted 3/11/1964 at Durham.
Home address Married Winifred Charlton at Sedgefield Q2 1930.
Source table 10DLI
