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|Surname and forenames=Beveridge Norman
 
|Surname and forenames=Beveridge Norman
 
|Army number=4456148
 
|Army number=4456148
|Rank=Sgt
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|Rank=Sergeant.
 
|Date of birth=27/5/1906, Whickham, Gateshead.
 
|Date of birth=27/5/1906, Whickham, Gateshead.
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|Age=65 at the time of his death.
 
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - enlisted 1939 - exact date not yet known.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Posted 70th Brigade HQ.  Served B.E.F.  Dunkirk.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy?  Posted ? Bn DLI.  Class Z Army Reserve 13/12/1945.
 
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - enlisted 1939 - exact date not yet known.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Posted 70th Brigade HQ.  Served B.E.F.  Dunkirk.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy?  Posted ? Bn DLI.  Class Z Army Reserve 13/12/1945.
 
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.

Revision as of 17:55, 11 September 2019

Personnel Entry

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Name Beveridge Norman
Army number 4456148
Rank Sergeant.
Decorations
Date of birth 27/5/1906, Whickham, Gateshead.
Age 65 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry - enlisted 1939 - exact date not yet known. Posted ? 8th Bn DLI. Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Posted 70th Brigade HQ. Served B.E.F. Dunkirk. Served Iceland. Served Normandy? Posted ? Bn DLI. Class Z Army Reserve 13/12/1945.
Company/Battery Brigade Headquarters.
Platoon or other sub-unit Motor Transport Section.
Task or role Transport Sergeant.
Joined Brigade Exact date not known, but before 1/1/1941. Known to be at Brigade HQ on 31/5/1940.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Death registered December 1971, Durham Western District, aged 65.
Home address Son of William Beveridge and Elizabeth Ann Beveridge (nee Spoor). Married Sarah J.E. Brown, Q2 1928, Gateshead.
Source table 11DLI


Regimental number in some records was shown as 5546148 - this now seems to have been an error and his Enlistment Book entry in the DLI Books is clearly 4456148. This entry was therefore amended.