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{{Personnel | {{Personnel | ||
|id=1239 | |id=1239 | ||
| + | |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. | ||
| + | |Company/Battery=Not yet known. Brigade HQ. | ||
| + | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | ||
| + | |Task or role=Not yet known. | ||
| + | |Promotions=Listed as Private in 1942 but Corporal before then. | ||
| + | |Wounded=Not so far as is known | ||
| + | |Prisoner of War=No. | ||
|Surname and forenames=Allenby Joseph | |Surname and forenames=Allenby Joseph | ||
|Army number=4456025 | |Army number=4456025 | ||
| − | |Rank=Corporal | + | |Rank=Corporal (shown as a Private in August 1942) |
|Date of birth=Research indicates birth in Q4 1913 - registered in Gateshead. Mother's maiden name McQuiggan. (Issue over surname spelling - shown as Allanby in some records). | |Date of birth=Research indicates birth in Q4 1913 - registered in Gateshead. Mother's maiden name McQuiggan. (Issue over surname spelling - shown as Allanby in some records). | ||
|Age=58 at the time of his death. | |Age=58 at the time of his death. | ||
| − | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date - probably Spring 1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion? Posted to the 12th Battalion 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, Posted to the 1st TS. Posted | + | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date - probably Spring 1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion? Posted to the 12th Battalion 1/9/1939?. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, Posted to the 1st TS. Posted to Brigade HQ 5/4/40. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Posted to 23rd Division HQ. Evacuated via Dunkirk. Returned to the UK. Posted to No. 8 Infantry Training Centre, Perth by August 1942. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 21/1/46. Demobilised. Re-enlisted in the Royal Artillery (CA & AA) TA Number retained. Discharged under TA Regs 1936 Para 204-6(a) 12/5/47. |
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939. | |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=Research indicates death in Q2 1971 aged 58 in Newcastle upon Tyne. | |Died/Killed in action=Research indicates death in Q2 1971 aged 58 in Newcastle upon Tyne. | ||
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|Source table=23N | |Source table=23N | ||
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| + | Joseph featured in the War Office "missing" exercise of 1942. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:28, 28 February 2023
Personnel Entry
Name Allenby Joseph
Army number 4456025
Rank Corporal (shown as a Private in August 1942)
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Research indicates birth in Q4 1913 - registered in Gateshead. Mother's maiden name McQuiggan. (Issue over surname spelling - shown as Allanby in some records).
Age 58 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date - probably Spring 1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion? Posted to the 12th Battalion 1/9/1939?. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, Posted to the 1st TS. Posted to Brigade HQ 5/4/40. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Posted to 23rd Division HQ. Evacuated via Dunkirk. Returned to the UK. Posted to No. 8 Infantry Training Centre, Perth by August 1942. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 21/1/46. Demobilised. Re-enlisted in the Royal Artillery (CA & AA) TA Number retained. Discharged under TA Regs 1936 Para 204-6(a) 12/5/47.
Company/Battery Not yet known. Brigade HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions Listed as Private in 1942 but Corporal before then.
Wounded Not so far as is known
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Research indicates death in Q2 1971 aged 58 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Home address 143, Sutton Dwellings, Barrack Rd. Newcastle. Research indicates a marriage in Q3 1942 to Elizabeth A Snaith in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Source table 23N
Joseph featured in the War Office "missing" exercise of 1942.
