Akroyd Pte 0
Personnel Entry
Name Akroyd - forename not yet known for certain.
Army number Not yet known for certain.
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 0
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI. Posted to 70th Brigade HQ. Served Iceland.
Company/Battery Brigade Headquarters.
Platoon or other sub-unit Motor transport Section.
Task or role Driver/Orderly Internal Combustion.
Joined Brigade Exact date not known but before 1/1/1941.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Not yet able to identify this man accurately. May be Frank Akeroyd 4464891.
Source table 10DLI
Private Akroyd was listed on the manpower schedule of Brigade HQ staff in Iceland on 1/1/1941, along with the Lead Researcher's father. Only surnames were included on the list, unfortunately, which prevented his specific identification in DLI records. It is yet to be confirmed as to whether this was indeed Frank Akeroyd, who was born in Dewsbury on 12/5/1921, married Winifred Wardle in Durham Northern in January 1943 and died in November 2000 in Huddersfield, aged 79.
