Salisbury Dennis Edward Lt 130486
Personnel Entry
Name Salisbury Dennis Edward
Army number 130486
Rank Lt
Decorations M.i.D. for services in Palestine, Gazetted 7/1/1949.
Date of birth 1919. Birth registered Q2 1919, Edmonton, Oxfordshire - mother's maiden name Lamb.
Age 0
Unit Emergency Commission as 2/Lt in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment 11/5/1940. Trf to the Black Watch, Posted 1 TS 26/6/1940. Probably with the Battalion on disbandment. No 1 (W A) B.O.R.'s Transit Camp, Lagos, Demobilised 1946. Transferred to the Royal Corps of Signals.
Company/Battery Battalion HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit Signals
Task or role 1 TS - Signals Officer. Camp Commandant.
Joined Brigade 26/6/1940.
Promotions W/S Lt 11/11/41. Captain 1/7/1946. Short Service Commission as Lt in the Black Watch 22/7/1946, with seniority from 11/11/1941 - Gazetted 18/6/1948. Captain 1/11/47. Lt 18/3/1953 with seniority from 14/12/1941. Captain 18/3/1953 with seniority from 1/7/1946. Major 14/6/1953.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 27/12/1964. Death registered December 1964 at the age of 45, Westminster, London. Probate granted 10/3/1965.
Home address 29, Lansdown Place, Cheltenham, Gloucs. Married Miss Margaret H. Parker Q2 1951, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Source table 1TS