Houldsworth Herbert Allen Private 14565943
Personnel Entry
Name Houldsworth Herbert Allen
Army number 14565943
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards - 1939/45 medal, France and Germany Star, War Medal. These were despatched to Herbert on 17/3/1981.
Date of birth Born 6/10/1924 - in Bradford - mother's maiden surname Connell.
Age 88 at the time of his death.
Unit Conscripted into the General Staff Corps – date not yet confirmed. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry – date not yet available – and posted to the 10th Battalion. Served Normandy. Wounded. Returned to the UK. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 Section xvi as unfit for further Military Service. Demobilised.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade On being posted to the 10th Battalion.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes – in Normandy – date not recorded.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death 17/12/2012 aged 88 in Bradford.
Home address Father - Willie Houldsworth - born 19/1/1894 - Builder's Labourer. Mother Sarah A. Houldsworth - born 21/4/1894. In the 1939 General Register Herbert is shown living with his family at 18, Havelock Street, Bradford and working as a Silk textile doffer. He married Marjorie Neale in July 1971 in Bradford.
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