Naylor Edwin L /Cpl 4686537
Personnel Entry
Name Naylor Edwin
Army number 4686537
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Joined the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, date not known - Enlistment Books missing. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Taken Prisoner of War - probably 20/5/1940 - official notification received 18/7/1940.
Repatriated to the UK. Posted to ? Battalion DLI. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 15/3/1947.
Company/Battery Company not yet ascertained.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 18/4/1940.
Promotions None known beyond Lance Corporal.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag 20A (45), PoW Number 7504.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address No family information as yet. It is possible that the two Lance Corporals Naylor are related but this has bot yet been verified.
Source table 10DLI
