Markey Henry Thomas Lance Sergeant 3602385
Personnel Entry
Name Markey Henry Thomas
Army number 3602385
Rank Lance Sergeant.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born Birkenhead 1916/17.
Age 27 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Border Regiment 15/2/1940. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 6/9/1940, and posted to the 10th Battalion DLI. Served Iceland? Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 19/6/1944 with 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifle Platoon Sergeant.
Joined Brigade 6/9/1940.
Promotions None known beyond Lance Sergeant.
Wounded Not yet known other than the injuries which lead to his death.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 19-Jun-44. Interred initially at St Pierre - Map reference 1/50,000 7F/1 847.682 Re-buried 21/5/1945 in Grave XI. L. 8. Bayeux War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads - "DUTY NOBLY DONE" HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. WIFE AND BABY SON, MUM AND DAD.
Home address Resident of Birkenhead. Son of John and Maria Markey, husband of Edna May Markey, Birkenhead.
Source table 10DLI
