Anderson Bulmer Hubbuck W/Sgt 4465774

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Sgt B H Anderson on honeymoon 12/2/1944
Sgt B H Anderson on honeymoon 12/2/1944

Name Anderson Bulmer Hubbuck (or Hubbick, Hubbock)
Army number 4465774
Rank W/S Sgt
Decorations
Date of birth 18/12/1915, registered in Gateshead Q1 1916. Mother's maiden surname Hubbuck.
Age 94 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - 1940 - exact date not yet known. Underwent Basic Training. Posted 10th Battalion DLI. Served Iceland? Posted 17th Bn DLI - date not yet known, but note 49th Division shoulder patch in February 1944 photograph which implies the transfer was later than that. Served Normandy? Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 9/6/1946.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Died 19/12/2009 at Rowlands Gill, County Durham - aged 94.
Home address Father - John Richardson Anderson, mother - Alice Maud Hubbuck. Married Margaret B. Lea February 1944, Lewes, Sussex. Resident of Hexham in 2001.
Source table 10DLI