5436345 Private George Henry POCKNELL, 2nd Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry: 21/02/1940

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Casualty Details | CWGC
POCKNELL, GEORGE HENRY
Rank: Private
Service No: 5436345
Regiment/Service: 2nd Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Date of Death: 21/02/1940
Age: 28
Cemetery: CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES
Grave Reference: Plot 11. Row A. Grave 9.
Location: France
Additional Information: Son of William Charles and Eleanor Beatrice Pocknell, of Tavistock, Devon.

 

UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
Name: George Pocknell
Given Initials: G H
Rank: Private
Death Date: 21 Feb 1940
Number: 5436345
Birth Place: Eire
Residence: Cornwall
Regiment at Enlistment: Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Branch at Enlistment: Infantry
Theatre of War: France and Belgium Campaign, 1939/40
Regiment at Death: Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Branch at Death: Infantry

Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958
Name: George Henry Pocknell
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1911
Registration district: Skull
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 5
Page: 431
FHL Film Number: 101074




From a family tree:
George Henry Pocknell
1911–1940
BIRTH 27 APR 1911 • Skull, Cork, Ireland
DEATH 21 FEB 1940 • Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France


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No mention in the battalion war diary