Hembrough George Pratt Private 4469224
Personnel Entry
Name Hembrough George Pratt
Army number 4469224
Rank Private.
Decorations None yet known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 20/12/1921.
Age
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet confirmed. Underwent Basic Training - probably at the Regimental Depot - Brancepeth - and then posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Served Normandy. Wounded. Transferred to the South Wales Borderers 6/12/1944 following the disbandment of the 11th Battalion and his recovery from his wounds.
Company/Battery Not yet ascertained.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Not yet confirmed.
Promotions None known as yet.
Wounded Yes - Normandy - date not recorded.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death - January 1995 in Sunderland aged 73.
Home address Father - George Pratt Hembrough (1890 - ?), mother - Mary E. Hardy (1890 - ?). Married May Mushen (1917 - 1992) in January 1942 in Sunderland.
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