Shanley George Norwood Pte 4456376
Personnel Entry
Name Shanley George Norwood
Army number 4456376
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond 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 DLI 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish (Enlistment Book shows date as 2/1/40 - probable transcription error). Served with the B.E.F. ? Served Iceland? Served Normandy? Posted ? Battalion Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 5/6/46.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
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 10, Wesley Place, Blaydon-on-Tyne.
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