Peet Richard Montague 2/Lt 268208
Personnel Entry
Name Peet Richard Montague
Army number 268208
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth 4/3/1922. Registered April 1922 at Lambeth, London.
Age 70 at the time of his death.
Unit Posted as Cadet to O.C.T.U. Joined The Durham Light Infantry - commissioned as a 2/Lt 20/3/1943. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 25/3/1943. Posted to the 14th Battalion DLI 23/4/1943. Posted to Second Reinforcements for 14th Battalion July 1943. Left 14th Battalion by 1/10/1943. Unemployed list 1946. Relinquished Commission as Hon Major 27/6/1951.
Company/Battery Not yet ascertained.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet ascertained.
Task or role
Joined Brigade 25/3/1943.
Promotions W/S Lt 20/9/1943, T/Captain 6/8/1945.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Died 7/12/1992 at Hambridge, death registered at Yeovil. Probate granted at Bristol Registry 18/3/1993.
Home address In the 1939 General Register he was shown as single, at school, and living with his parents, Sidney and Jessie at 39, Sherwood Road, Croydon.
Source table 11DLI
