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{{Personnel
|id=1359
|Surname and forenames=Martindale John McKie (known as "Jonty")
|Army number=4456604
|Rank=Pte
|Date of birth=Born 1919/20.
|Age=20 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet bu probably Summer 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with BEF in France.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R.  Casualty while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939 on mobilisation.
|Died/Killed in action=Killed in action 20-May-40.  Place of his death not yet known - probably Ficheux (several casualties in that engagement were unable to be identified).
|Home address=Son of William and M Martindale, Felling.   Lived at 10, Millfield Gardens, Felling.  Worked as a Coal Miner at the Sharp Pit in Felling.  Commemorated Column 91, [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]].
|Decorations=None known apart from Service Awards.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known, but he may possibly have died of wounds.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Source table=1TS
}}

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