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|Army number=2759988
 
|Army number=2759988
 
|Rank=Private
 
|Rank=Private
|Unit=Enlisted Black Watch at Recruiting Centre No. 96, Posted 1 TS 15/3/40, Posted ? Bn Black Watch, Class Z Reserve 21/3/47.
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|Unit=Enlisted in the Black Watch at Recruiting Centre No. 96, Posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish 15/3/40, probably under the arrangement which allowed direct recruitment to the Battalion.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Posted ? Bn Black Watch.  Relegated to the Class Z Reserve 21/3/47.
|Decorations=
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|Decorations=None known beyond Servicce Awards.
|Date of birth=
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|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=(At time of death).   
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|Age=(At time of death)Not yet known.   
|Unit=
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|Company/Battery=A Company.
|Company/Battery=
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|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=
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|Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
|Task or role=
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|Joined Brigade=15/3/1940.
|Joined Brigade=
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|Promotions=None known.
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|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Wounded=
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|Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag XXA, PoW Number 5175.
|Prisoner of War=
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|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Died/Killed in action=.
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|Home address=5, Bracken Place, Fenham, Newcastle.
 
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|Home address=5, Bracken Place, Fenham, Newcastle
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|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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Latest revision as of 18:23, 12 November 2021

Personnel Entry

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Name Newman Harris
Army number 2759988
Rank Private
Decorations None known beyond Servicce Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death)Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the Black Watch at Recruiting Centre No. 96, Posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish 15/3/40, probably under the arrangement which allowed direct recruitment to the Battalion. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Reserve 21/3/47.
Company/Battery A Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 15/3/1940.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag XXA, PoW Number 5175.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 5, Bracken Place, Fenham, Newcastle.
Source table 1TS