Bolton Frank Pte 4455673
Personnel Entry
Name Bolton Frank
Army number 4455673
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 0
Unit Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date available but Regimental Number suggests early May 1939. ? Posted 8th Bn DLI. Posted 11th Bn probably September 1939. Served BEF? Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Trf Green Howards 29/8/44 on disbandment of 11th Battalion. Posted 7th Battalion, DIED of WOUNDS sustained with 7th Green Howards 19/6/1945.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 19-Jun-45
Home address Son of Edward and Ellen Bolton of Chester-le-Street. Buried Grave 11 Sec J Birtley New Cemetery.
Source table 11DLI
It would appear that Pte Bolton served with the Battalion, and the Brigade, for the whole of their service lives.