Spraggon John Pte 4454593
Personnel Entry
Name Spraggon John
Army number 4454593
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, no enlistment date yet, but his number suggests early 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 Norther France with the B.E.F. Tajen Prisoner of War - date not recorded but probably on or about 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Battalion Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 4/9/46.
Company/Battery C 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 Yes - Stalag XXA and 20B, PoW Number 20118.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 70, Redhaugh Rd. Gateshead.
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