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|Army number=4456664
 
|Army number=4456664
 
|Rank=Pte
 
|Rank=Pte
|Age=20
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|Date of birth=Born 1919/20.
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS
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|Age=20 at the time of his death.
|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
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|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably mid-1939.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  Posted missing but later known to have DIED 20/5/40, Authority L. Casualties.
|Home address=Son of Thomas and Margaret Black, Gateshead.
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|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
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|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
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|Home address=Son of Thomas and Margaret Black, 32, Upton Street, Teams, Gateshead.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 13, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
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|Image Name=Black_W_4456661.JPG
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|Image Title=Pte W Black's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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A newspaper article, traced by Michelle Lewis , relevant to Private Black, is set out below:-
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[[File:Newspaper_article.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|Local newspaper article reporting the fact that Private Black, and two other members of his extended family, had been reported missing]]

Latest revision as of 18:58, 18 April 2018

Personnel Entry

Pte W Black's CWGC headstone.
Pte W Black's CWGC headstone.

Name Black Walter
Army number 4456664
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1919/20.
Age 20 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably mid-1939. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS. Served BEF. Posted missing but later known to have DIED 20/5/40, Authority L. Casualties.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40
Home address Son of Thomas and Margaret Black, 32, Upton Street, Teams, Gateshead. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 13, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux.
Source table 1TS

A newspaper article, traced by Michelle Lewis , relevant to Private Black, is set out below:-


Local newspaper article reporting the fact that Private Black, and two other members of his extended family, had been reported missing