Henderson James Duncan Piper 2759584

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Name Henderson James Duncan
Army number 2759584
Rank Piper
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1919/20.
Age 20 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Black Watch, date not yet known, but possibly under the local enlistment arrangement, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- R. Casualties, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known but probably the Pipe Band.
Task or role Piper.
Joined Brigade Not yet confirmed but on enlistment date.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. No known grave. Commemorated Column 91, DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
Home address Son of Thomas and Agnes Hunter (nee Duncan) Henderson, Cardenden, Fife.
Source table 1TS

Dunkirk Memorial