Difference between revisions of "Spittlehouse David Cpl 4455892"
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|Army number=4455892 | |Army number=4455892 | ||
|Rank=Private. | |Rank=Private. | ||
| − | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, | + | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, 12th May 1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI 12/5/1939. Embodied 2/9/1939. Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI 4/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France from 24/4/1940. Wounded. Returned to the UK - possibly via Dunkirk. Posted to the Infantry Training Centre 24/5/1940. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish 23/6/1940. Served Iceland October 1940 - December 1941. Posted to the Airborne Forces School and Depot 2/4/1943. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish at his own request 8/4/1943. Served Normandy from 11/6/1944. Posted to the X(II) List 5/8/1944. Posted to Number 32 Reinforcement Holding Unit 14/8/1944. On the disbandment of the Battalion transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers 22/8/44, under Authority: X/108/44, and posted to their 11th Battalion - RSF Enlistment Book 358/5/92. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/8/1946. |
| − | |Decorations=Service Awards. Commemorative medal awarded. | + | |Decorations=Granted normal Service Awards. Commemorative medal awarded - detail not yet known. |
|Date of birth=Born Hebburn 3/1/1921. Mother's maiden surname Geddes. Baptised 26/1/1921 at St John's Church, Hebburn. | |Date of birth=Born Hebburn 3/1/1921. Mother's maiden surname Geddes. Baptised 26/1/1921 at St John's Church, Hebburn. | ||
|Age=Aged 90 at the time of his death. | |Age=Aged 90 at the time of his death. | ||
| − | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Probably Admin. Platoon initially. | + | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Probably Admin. Platoon initially then later Signal Platoon. |
| − | |Task or role=Understood to have been Batman to Lt Cohen. Later | + | |Task or role=Understood to have been Batman to Lt Cohen while in Northern France. Later became a Signaller. |
|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939. | |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939. | ||
| − | |Wounded=Understood to have been lightly wounded in 1940. | + | |Wounded=Understood to have been lightly wounded in 1940. Had a short spell in a Field Dressing Station in Normandy. |
|Died/Killed in action=Died on 20/10/2011 in Lichfield. | |Died/Killed in action=Died on 20/10/2011 in Lichfield. | ||
|Prisoner of War=No. | |Prisoner of War=No. | ||
| − | |Home address=His father was Joseph Spittlehouse and his mother Isabella Geddes. At the time of his Baptism his family lived at 54, Charles Street, Hebburn. Later lived at 74, Campbell St. Hebburn-on-Tyne and then resided in the Midlands. Married Margery Agnes Holton 10/4/1945. Worked at Reyrolles. | + | |Home address=His father was Joseph Spittlehouse and his mother Isabella Geddes. Worked as an Apprentice Fitter. At the time of his Baptism his family lived at 54, Charles Street, Hebburn. Later lived at 74, Campbell St. Hebburn-on-Tyne and then resided in the Midlands, living at 10 Whitehouse, Common Road, Sutton Coldfield and 97 Blackberry Lane Sutton Coldfield. Married Margery Agnes Holton 10/4/1945. Worked at Reyrolles. |
|Source table=1TS | |Source table=1TS | ||
|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, HQ Company. | |Company/Battery=Bn HQ, HQ Company. | ||
Revision as of 12:14, 28 February 2024
Personnel Entry
Name Spittlehouse David (surname subsequently Sutton from 1948).
Army number 4455892
Rank Private.
Decorations Granted normal Service Awards. Commemorative medal awarded - detail not yet known.
Date of birth Born Hebburn 3/1/1921. Mother's maiden surname Geddes. Baptised 26/1/1921 at St John's Church, Hebburn.
Age Aged 90 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, 12th May 1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI 12/5/1939. Embodied 2/9/1939. Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI 4/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France from 24/4/1940. Wounded. Returned to the UK - possibly via Dunkirk. Posted to the Infantry Training Centre 24/5/1940. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish 23/6/1940. Served Iceland October 1940 - December 1941. Posted to the Airborne Forces School and Depot 2/4/1943. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish at his own request 8/4/1943. Served Normandy from 11/6/1944. Posted to the X(II) List 5/8/1944. Posted to Number 32 Reinforcement Holding Unit 14/8/1944. On the disbandment of the Battalion transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers 22/8/44, under Authority: X/108/44, and posted to their 11th Battalion - RSF Enlistment Book 358/5/92. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/8/1946.
Company/Battery Bn HQ, HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Probably Admin. Platoon initially then later Signal Platoon.
Task or role Understood to have been Batman to Lt Cohen while in Northern France. Later became a Signaller.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions Best Company shot 3/40. Promoted to Corporal.
Wounded Understood to have been lightly wounded in 1940. Had a short spell in a Field Dressing Station in Normandy.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Died on 20/10/2011 in Lichfield.
Home address His father was Joseph Spittlehouse and his mother Isabella Geddes. Worked as an Apprentice Fitter. At the time of his Baptism his family lived at 54, Charles Street, Hebburn. Later lived at 74, Campbell St. Hebburn-on-Tyne and then resided in the Midlands, living at 10 Whitehouse, Common Road, Sutton Coldfield and 97 Blackberry Lane Sutton Coldfield. Married Margery Agnes Holton 10/4/1945. Worked at Reyrolles.
Source table 1TS
