Marr Leslie Walter Private 6207668
Personnel Entry
Name Marr Leslie Walter
Army number 6207668
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 26/4/1920 in Chelsea, London. Mother's maiden surname Browning.
Age Aged 77 at the time of his death. Some records suggest he was 76 - this is being checked.
Unit Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment 8/5/1939. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland. Served Normandy.
Company/Battery G Company then D Company (4.2" mortar Coy).
Platoon or other sub-unit Initially 4th Platoon.
Task or role Driver/Operator.
Joined Brigade On 2nd Kensingtons being part of the Brigade Group.
Promotions Appointed Lance Corporal. Returned to Rank of Private at his own request. Promoted Corporal.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Death registered in April 1997 in Buckinghamshire at the age of 77.
Home address Father Henry Marr (1889 - 1964). Mother Alice May Browning (1899 - 1961). Married Pamela Jean Pope (1926 - 2023) (who he had met when the Unit was stationed in Llantwit Major) in Paddington in 1947. Other sources suggest the marriage took place on 1/3/1944 - this is again being checked.
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