Rannard David Longworth Pte 3658388
Personnel Entry
Name Rannard David Longworth
Army number 3658388
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born Liverpool 1919/20.
Age 24
Unit Enlisted in the South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales Volunteers) 18/4/40. Trf to The Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, Posted 10th Bn DLI. Served Iceland? Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 29/6/44 while with 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 27-Jun-40
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 29-Jun-44. Interred initially at Fontenay-le-Pesnel, map reference 7F/1 1/50,000 872674 alongside Pte Forrester. Subsequently re-buried Grave II. J. 4. Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville. (Enlistment Book shows date of death as 27/6/1944).
Home address Resident of Cheshire. Son of Alexander and Annie Rannard, Wallasey, Cheshire.
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