Thomas Ronald Yearsley Private - 1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders

Data:

• Last name:Yearsley
• Initials:T.R.
• Nationality:Great Britain
• Place of birth:Rock Ferry, Cheshire
• Homeland:Great Britain
• Age :20
• Family:Son of William Gibson Yearsley and Ada Yearsley of Mobberley, Cheshire.
• Army number:14573502
• Rank:Private
• Unit:1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders
• Division:51st (Highland) Division
• Details:From his service number Private Yearsley would probably have been conscripted possibly in 1942 and given a General Service Number. From July 1942, army recruits were enlisted in the corps for their first six weeks so that their subsequent posting could take account of their skills and the Army's needs. He was at some point transferred to the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders. He may have served with the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders in North Africa, with the 153rd Brigade of the 51st Highland Division as part of the Eighth Army, and in Sicily prior to the invasion of Europe in 1944.

• Deceased on:18-11-1944
• Field grave: Heythuysen
• Place Cemetery: Venray
• Cemetery Name: Venray War Cemetery
• Land Cemetery: Netherlands
• Plot Cemetery: V
• Row Cemetery: A
• Number Cemetery: 12

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