Burr John Brian Capt 89230
Personnel Entry
Name Burr John Brian
Army number 89230
Rank Capt
Decorations
Date of birth 5/6/1902 St Albans, Hertfordshire.
Age 0
Unit Durham Light Infantry - 2/Lt 9th Bn 17/6/1939, Embodied 24/8/1939, Posted 12th Bn DLI. Posted Ballykinlar Training Centre 12/9/1939 - 23/11/1939. Trf Black Watch 20/12/1939, Posted 1 TS 1/2/1940, B.E.F. Marley Force. Dunkirk. Relinquished Commission on grounds of ill-health 26/4/1941.
Company/Battery HQ Company 1/12/1939. B Company 18/3/1940.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Company Commander 1/12/1939.
Joined Brigade 01-Sep-39
Promotions A/Capt 5/12/1939, T/Capt 5/3/1940
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Death registered September 1968, Hammersmith.
Home address Educated Brighton College, Address: 10, Hilda Place, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorks.
Source table 1TS