Anstey Fred Pte 4458082

Personnel Entry

Pte F Anstey's CWGC headstone.

Name Anstey Fred
Army number 4458082
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born Sheffield 1918/19.
Age 25
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date. Posted ? 8th Bn DLI. Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably September 1939.  ? Served BEF. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 27/6/44 while with 11th Bn DLI.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 27-Jun-44
Home address Resident of Sheffield.Son of William T and Ellen Anstey, Sheffield. Buried Grave IV. F. 10. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
Source table 11DLI