Foy Edward Joseph John L/Cpl 5682611
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Foy Edward Joseph John
Army number 5682611
Rank L/Cpl
Decorations
Date of birth 1922/23.
Age 21
Unit Somerset Light Infantry, Trf Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1944, Posted ? 11th Bn DLI. Posted 10th Bn DLI. Served Normandy. DIED of WOUNDS 18/8/1944 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 18/4/1944.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 18-Aug-44
Home address Son of Thomas and Annie Foy, nephew of George Fairbairn, Glasgow. Buried Grave IV. E. 4. La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres.
Source table 10DLI
Lance Corporal Foy appears to have been omitted from the DLI Roll of Honour. (To be checked further).
