James Frederick George Pte 5680758
Personnel Entry
Name James Frederick George
Army number 5680758
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born Somerset 1909/10.
Age 34
Unit Enlisted in the Somerset Light Infantry. Served Normandy. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry, Posted 11th Bn DLI. KILLED in ACTION 27/6/1944 while with 11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Exact date not yet known but likely to have been in Normandy in 1944.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 27-Jun-44
Home address Resident of Somerset. Son of John and Kate James, husband of Esther Rose James, Ealing, Middlesex. Buried Grave VII. C. 2. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux.
Source table 11DLI
While Pte James is included on the DLI Roll of Honour no Battalion is shown against his name. It is clear from other records that this should be 11th Battalion.
