Lancashire Joseph Pte 4461982

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Name Lancashire Joseph
Army number 4461982
Rank Private.
Decorations Service Awards including France and Germany Star.
Date of birth Research suggests he was born 23/3/1920.
Age Research suggests he was 80 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - exact date not yet known. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 11th Battalion. Served with the B.E.F.? Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Posted ? Bn DLI on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion. Discharged 10/5/46 under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi).
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Probably Rifleman but not yet confirmed.
Joined Brigade Before October 1940.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Death registered in Tameside in September 2000.
Home address Father Harry Lancashire 1888 - 1968 and Mother Adelaide Horrobin 1893 - 1971. His Service Awards were requested to be sent to 39 Commercial Street, Hyde, Cheshire in 1948. In the 1939 General Register he is shown as living with his family at 45, Commercial Street and working as a Glove Cutter. Married Marjorie Biss in January 1942.
Source table 11DLI

Medal Card for Pte Lancashire