Leighton Dennis Private 14658694
Personnel Entry
Name Leighton Dennis
Army number 14658694
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death).Not yet known.
Unit Conscripted into the General Staff Corps – date not yet confirmed. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry – date not yet available – and posted to the 10th Battalion. Served Normandy. Wounded. Posted to ? Battalion DLI on the disbandment of the 10th Battalion. Transferred to the King's Own Scottish Borderers 23/2/1945 under Part 2 Order 51/55. Documents to Edinburgh.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade On being posted to the 10th Battalion.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes – in Normandy – date not recorded.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet ascertained.
Home address (To include family and marital details where possible). No details available as yet. Too many men of the same name to allow definite identification in Ancestry.co.uk
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