Difference between revisions of "Swaddle Samuel Sgt 4455548"
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|Rank=Sergeant. | |Rank=Sergeant. | ||
|Date of birth=13/3/1905 | |Date of birth=13/3/1905 | ||
| − | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number implies 2nd 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 B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Served Normandy | + | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number implies 2nd 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 B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 24/8/44, Auth: Part II Order TS 91/44. Returned to the UK. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 12/6/1946. |
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. | |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. | ||
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|Age=60/61 at the time of his death. | |Age=60/61 at the time of his death. | ||
|Company/Battery=HQ Company. | |Company/Battery=HQ Company. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:00, 11 March 2022
Personnel Entry
Name Swaddle Samuel
Army number 4455548
Rank Sergeant.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth 13/3/1905
Age 60/61 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number implies 2nd 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 B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 24/8/44, Auth: Part II Order TS 91/44. Returned to the UK. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 12/6/1946.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
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 March 1966.
Home address 6, School Avenue, Dunston, Gateshead. Research indicates his parents were Ralph and Jane (nee Cook) Swaddle and that Sergeant James Swaddle of the Battalion was his brother (to be confirmed).
Source table 1TS
