Rowley James Cpl 3658470

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Name Rowley James
Army number 3658470
Rank Corporal.
Decorations
Date of birth Born Lancashire 1912/13.
Age 27 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales Volunteers) 18/4/40. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, and posted to 10th Battalion DLI. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 11/7/44 while with 10th Bn DLI.
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Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 27/6/1940.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 11-Jul-44
Home address Resident of Lancashire. Son of James and Agnes Rowley, Widnes. Buried Grave III. G. 2. Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery.
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Corporal Jimmy Rowley was a friend of the late Vane Dyson and appears in one of Vane's Iceland photographs as follows:-

Corporal James Rowley at Akranes