Durham light infantry ww2 headstones

Name: BLACK, RONALD
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 10/09/1944
Service No: 4457383
Additional information: Son of George and Mary Black, of Newfield, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham.
Grave/Memorial Reference: III.A.19.
Cemetery: GEEL WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: WILLIAMS, WALTER
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 10/09/1944
Service No: 4458061
Additional information: Son of Walter Herbert and Elsie Williams, of Sheffield.
Grave/Memorial Reference: III.A.23.
Cemetery: GEEL WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: KEELING
Initials: B
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry
Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Date of Death: 11/09/1944
Service No: 14228256
Grave/Memorial Reference: III.A.24.
Cemetery: GEEL WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: CHILD, COLIN CAMPBELL
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry
Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 11/09/1944
Service No: 7942970
Additional information: Son of Tom Kenworthy Child and Edith Helen Child, of Dewsbury, Yorkshire; husband of Marjorie Child, of Earlsheaton, Dewsbury.
Grave/Memorial Reference: III.A.25.
Cemetery: GEEL WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: HEWITT, JESSE
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry
Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 11/09/1944
Service No: 5347357
Additional information: Son of Charles Joseph and Rose Hewitt; husband of Lilian May Hewitt, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: III.B.1.
Cemetery: GEEL WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: GOLDSON, EDWARD
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry
Unit Text: 11th Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 08/09/1944
Service No: 4458508
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV.A.17.
Cemetery: GEEL WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: DE LA PERRELLE, BERNARD LIONEL
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry
Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 10/09/1944
Service No: 256544
Additional information: Son of Arthur Lucien and Grace Dorothea de la Perrelle, of Liverpool.
Grave/Memorial Reference: III.A.22.
Cemetery: GEEL WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: STEPHENSON, HAROLD
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Age: 18
Date of Death: 10/09/1944
Service No: 14713751
Additional information: Son of Robert and Elsie Stephenson; grandson of Mary Wilson Croft, of Consett, Co. Durham.
Grave/Memorial Reference: III.A.20.
Cemetery: GEEL WAR CEMETERY

 

I think the unit text on this one is incorrect.

Name: HALEY, JOHN SMITH
Initials: J S Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry
Unit Text: 16th Bn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 11/09/1944
Service No: 14254205
Additional information: Son of John and Annie Haley, of Newton Hill, Yorkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III.A.21.
Cemetery: GEEL WAR CEMETERY

 

Jim

That's all bar one for Geel. I can't find one for Capt Ellison. Will check tomorrow.

Rob

 

Name: NIZNICK, HARRY
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Secondary Regiment: Durham Light Infantry
Secondary Unit Text: attd. 'C' Coy. 8th Bn.
Date of Death: 09/09/1944
Service No: CDN/426
Grave/Memorial Reference: Brit. Plot, Grave 21.
Cemetery: GEEL (STELEN) CHURCHYARD

 

Jim,

Couldn't resist putting this one up, although he is 40 years prior!

I took this photo in Maymyo Cemetery whilst in Burma 2008. I was having a sort out and thought you might like it?

Steve.

 

Name: HATCHETT, THOMAS HENRY
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 54 (1/5th Bn. The Durham Light Infantry) Searchlight Regt.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 16/12/1944
Service No: 14342082
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. D. 71.
Cemetery: SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY

 

Name: NIELD, GEOFFREY ERIC
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 54 (1/5th Bn. The Durham Light Infantry) Searchlight Regt.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 19/12/1944
Service No: 11051425
Additional information: Son of Geoffrey and Winnifred Nield, of Falmouth, Cornwall; husband of Elizabeth Mary Nield, of Falmouth.
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. C. 12.
Cemetery: SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY

 

Name: PRIESTMAN, JAMES HENRY
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 54 (1/5th Bn. The Durham Light Infantry) Searchlight Regt.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 16/12/1944
Service No: 1702590
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. D. 61.
Cemetery: SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY

 

Name: PARRY, LESLIE JOHN
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 368 Bty. 113 (2/5th Bn. The Durham Light Infantry) Lt. A.A. Regt.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 14/09/1944
Service No: 14290685
Additional information: Son of William George and Ellen Georgina Parry; husband of Winifred Catherine Parry, of Camberwell, London.
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. A. 19.
Cemetery: LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY

 

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Hi Rob, Pieter,
My thanks to you both.
Best Wishes
Jim

 

Jim,

A possible mystery for you to solve.

I took a photo of a Sergeant DLI unknown, who died on 15 May 1940, who is buried at Leopoldsburg in Belgium. Did a date search for DLI on 15 May 1940 for DLI and only found one Sergeant, A PSM who is named and already has a headstone, also at Leopoldsburg. I could not find another Sergeant listed, who should have been on either the Brookwood or Dunkirk Memorials.

Here is a photo for you.

Cheers - Rob.

 

Jim,

A possible mystery for you to solve.

I took a photo of a Sergeant DLI unknown, who died on 15 May 1940, who is buried at Leopoldsburg in Belgium. Did a date search for DLI on 15 May 1940 for DLI and only found one Sergeant, A PSM who is named and already has a headstone, also at Leopoldsburg. I could not find another Sergeant listed, who should have been on either the Brookwood or Dunkirk Memorials.

Here is a photo for you.

Cheers - Rob.




Hi Rob,
Thats a bit of a puzzler? I`ll see if I can find something out I had a quick look and agree the only Sgt has a headstone of his own, Sgt Ditchburn