Difference between revisions of "Trotter William Preston Wilson L/Cpl 4459330"

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|Surname and forenames=Trotter William Preston Wilson
 
|Surname and forenames=Trotter William Preston Wilson
 
|Army number=4459330
 
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|Rank=Lance Corporal
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|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Iceland, Trf York & Lancaster Regiment 20/5/43, Docs to Section 26/5/43
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|Age=Not yet known.
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|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably late 1939.  Posted 11th Bn DLI - possibly 1/9/1939.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland.  Transferred to the York & Lancaster Regiment 20/5/43, Docs to Section 26/5/43.
 
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Lance Corporal Trotter's name emerged in the War Office's "missing" exercise conducted in 1942 - implying that he had been posted missing at some stage in the 1940 campaign in Northern France and Flanders - which is documented at The National Archives.

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Name Trotter William Preston Wilson
Army number 4459330
Rank Lance Corporal
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably late 1939. Posted 11th Bn DLI - possibly 1/9/1939. Served B.E.F.? Served Iceland. Transferred to the York & Lancaster Regiment 20/5/43, Docs to Section 26/5/43.
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Source table 11DLI

Lance Corporal Trotter's name emerged in the War Office's "missing" exercise conducted in 1942 - implying that he had been posted missing at some stage in the 1940 campaign in Northern France and Flanders - which is documented at The National Archives.