Welch John Pte 4037083
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Welch John
Army number 4037083
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born Stoke on Trent 1915/16.
Age 28
Unit Enlisted in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Trf to The Durham Light Infantry (probably 27/6/1940), Posted 10th Bn DLI. Served Iceland? Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 19/8/44 with 10th Bn DLI.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 27-Jun-40
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 19-Aug-44
Home address Resident of Stoke on Trent. Son of James and Sarah Anne Welch, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. Buried Grave IV. A. 3. Ranville Cemetery.
Source table 10DLI
