Trotter John Thomas Pte 4455896

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Name Trotter John Thomas
Army number 4455896
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but his number indicates early May 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 TS. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Evacuated to the UK via Dunkirk. Posted 6th Battalion Black Watch by August 1942. Served in the Middle East? Returned to the UK. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 29/7/46. Demobilised.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Date of death not known.
Home address 1, Amberley St. Teams, Gateshead
Source table 1TS