Difference between revisions of "Johnson Malcolm W. 4455747"

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|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Regimental Number suggests early May 1939.  Posted to the ? 6th Battalion DLI.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served with the B.E.F. in France?  Served Iceland.  Transferred  to the Cameronians 11/12/1944  on the disbandment of the Brigade (Enlistment Books missing).
 
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Regimental Number suggests early May 1939.  Posted to the ? 6th Battalion DLI.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served with the B.E.F. in France?  Served Iceland.  Transferred  to the Cameronians 11/12/1944  on the disbandment of the Brigade (Enlistment Books missing).
 
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=
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|Date of birth=07/1921 in Weardale, County Durham.  Mother's maiden surname Metcalfe.  Birth registered Q3 1921.
|Age=(At time of death).
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|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
 
|Company/Battery=Possibly B Company.
 
|Company/Battery=Possibly B Company.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=
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|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Officer's Batman.
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|Task or role=Officer's Batman.  He may be featured in one of Vane Dyson's photogrphs but this cannot yet be confirmed.
 
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 
|Promotions=None known.
 
|Promotions=None known.
 
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
 
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=
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|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet identified.
|Home address=No family information as yet.  
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|Home address=Married Patricia Turner in North West Durham 07/1945.  Marriage registered Q3 1945.  Electoral Registration documents show him as living at 22, Tennyson Terrace, Crook, between 2003 and 2010.  
 
|Source table=PBM
 
|Source table=PBM
 
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Latest revision as of 09:08, 20 April 2020

Personnel Entry

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Name Johnson Malcolm W.
Army number 4455747
Rank
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth 07/1921 in Weardale, County Durham. Mother's maiden surname Metcalfe. Birth registered Q3 1921.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Regimental Number suggests early May 1939. Posted to the ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served with the B.E.F. in France? Served Iceland. Transferred to the Cameronians 11/12/1944 on the disbandment of the Brigade (Enlistment Books missing).
Company/Battery Possibly B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Officer's Batman. He may be featured in one of Vane Dyson's photogrphs but this cannot yet be confirmed.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet identified.
Home address Married Patricia Turner in North West Durham 07/1945. Marriage registered Q3 1945. Electoral Registration documents show him as living at 22, Tennyson Terrace, Crook, between 2003 and 2010.
Source table PBM


Mentioned as a friend within 10th DLI by the late Vane Dyson so this entry in the "possibles" section moved to the 10th Battalion Page.