Basic Details
Surname
Fleming
Forenames
Michael Valentine
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
Second World War (1939-1945)
Served or died
Died
Notes
3 times Mentioned in Despatches.
Son of Major Valentine Fleming, D.S.O., Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars (killed in action in France 20th May, 1917), M.P. for South Oxfordshire 1910-1917, and Evelyn B. Fleming; husband of Letitia Fleming, of Nettlebed, Oxfordshire.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
4th. Battalion
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Captain and Adjutant
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Captain and Adjutant
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Lille
Country of burial
France
Cemetery
Lille Southern Cemetery
Year of death
1940
Month of death
October
Day of death
1
Age at death
25
Manner of death as stated
Died of Wounds
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds