Gordon James Lance Sergeant 4469199
Personnel Entry
Name Gordon James
Army number 4469199
Rank Lance Sergeant.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death).Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry – date not yet available – and posted to the ? Battalion. Posted to the Regimental Depot at Brancepeth as Non-permanent Staff - date and role not yet known. Posted to Permanent Staff from Non-Permanent Staff 27/6/1942. Documents to the Duke of Wellington's Regiment 16/7/1942. Re-posted to The Durham Light Infantry 22/4/1943 and posted to the 11th Battalion. Served Normandy. Wounded. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 7/2/1945. Demobilised.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Possibly Platoon Sergeant or a specialised role.
Joined Brigade On being posted to the 11th Battalion.
Promotions None known beyond Lance Sergeant.
Wounded Yes – in Normandy – 27/6/1944. His injuries were sufficiently serious for him to be discharged as unfit for further military service.
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.
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