Spittlehouse David Cpl 4455892
Personnel Entry
Name Spittlehouse David
Army number 4455892
Rank Corporal.
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 2nd or 3rd May 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. Served with the B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers 22/8/44, Auth: X/108/44, and posted to the 11th Battalion - RSF Book 358/5/92. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/8/1944.
Company/Battery Bn HQ, HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but possibly Rifle Section Commander.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions Best Company shot 3/40. None known beyond Corporal.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 74, Campbell St. Hebburn-on-Tyne
Source table 1TS
