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Denby, John George - MM

Rank : Lance Sergeant

Army Number : 4856058

Unit : 2nd Bn

Biography :

Home address given as Nottinghamshire. Enlisted 4.2.1931. Appointed Paid Lance Corporal 9.1.1934. Was serving in2nd Bn The Leicestershire Regiment as at 1.9.1939. Awarded the Military Medal for gallantry as an Anti-Tank Gun NCO, 2nd Leicesters, Sidi Barrani, Libya, on 10.12.1940 (L.G. 25.4.1941). Killed in Action in Syria on 11.7.1941, aged 33. He is buried in Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria

[Details taken from the CWGC showing that he was in receipt of the Distinguished Conduct Medal:

DENBY, JOHN GEORGE
Rank:Lance Serjeant
Service No: 4856058
Date of Death: 11/07/1941
Age:33
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: DCM, MM
Grave Reference J. 33.
Cemetery: DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY

This page was last edited on 25.6.2019.

Date of Birth : Oct 1909

Place of Birth : Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

Date of Death : 11.7.1941

Place of Death : Syria

Period of Service : 1930-41

Conflicts : WW2

Places Served : Northern Ireland, England, Palestine, Egypt, Syria

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