Parkin Arthur Sgt 4456608
Personnel Entry
Name Parkin Arthur
Army number 4456608
Rank Sergeant.
Decorations Military Medal and Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Spring 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 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.? Evacuated? Served Iceland? Served Normandy? Posted ? Battalion Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 18/5/46.
Company/Battery C Company, D Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit 15 Platoon, 7 Platoon, 8 Platoon, 9 Platoon.
Task or role Not known but possibly Platoon Sergeant.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond Sergeant.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 24, Cement Houses, Hamsterley Colliery, Newcastle.
Source table 1TS
