Piercy R Corporal 4349490
Personnel Entry
Name Piercy Richard
Army number 4349490
Rank Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regiment - date not yet known. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet known - and posted to the 10th Battalion. Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Transferred to the Dorsetshire Regiment on the disbandment of the 10th Battalion at the end of August 1944.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifle Section Commander.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known beyond Corporal.
Wounded Not known for certain but possibly in Normandy.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address (To include family and marital details where possible). No details yet.
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