Difference between revisions of "Maxwell David Pte 4456195"
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| − | |Died/Killed in action=DIED of WOUNDS 20-May-40. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row B, Grave 3, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux. | + | |Died/Killed in action=DIED of WOUNDS 20-May-40. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row B, Grave 3, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux. Headstone inscription reads: GRANT UNTO HIM, O LORD, ETERNAL REST AND LET LIGHT PERPETUUAL SHINE UPON HIM. |
|Home address=Son of David and Janet Maxwell, husband of Margaret Maxwell, Teams, Gateshead. | |Home address=Son of David and Janet Maxwell, husband of Margaret Maxwell, Teams, Gateshead. | ||
|Image Name=Maxwell_D_4456195.JPG | |Image Name=Maxwell_D_4456195.JPG | ||
Revision as of 18:01, 16 December 2021
Personnel Entry
Name Maxwell David
Army number 4456195
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 37 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date yet, but probably Spring/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 the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Previously reported Missing. Now known to have DIED of WOUNDS received in action 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L.
Company/Battery C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded 20/5/1940.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action DIED of WOUNDS 20-May-40. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row B, Grave 3, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. Headstone inscription reads: GRANT UNTO HIM, O LORD, ETERNAL REST AND LET LIGHT PERPETUUAL SHINE UPON HIM.
Home address Son of David and Janet Maxwell, husband of Margaret Maxwell, Teams, Gateshead.
Source table 1TS
