Pattingale Ernest Gunner 14601520
Personnel Entry
Name Pattingale Ernest
Army number 14601520
Rank Gunner
Decorations None yet known.
Date of birth 1914 - details not yet ascertained.
Age 30 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined the General Staff Corps - probably conscripted. Transferred to the Royal Artillery. Posted to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment. KILLED in ACTION 18/6/1944.
Company/Battery Not yet confirmed.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions No details yet.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 18/6/1944. Interred initially at Le Parc du Boislonde 873.684, then re-buried on 20/5/1945 in Grave IV. E. 4. Hottot-le-Bagues War Cemetery. Headstone inscription - "ALWAYS A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY".
Home address Husband of Norah Irene Pattingale (nee Saddleton), of King's Lynn, Norfolk. Married June 1939, Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Lived at Hilgate Street, Terrington St Clement, Norfolk. Probate granted 11/12/1945 to his widow.
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