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|Rank=Pte
 
|Rank=Pte
 
|Date of birth=Born 1917/18.
 
|Date of birth=Born 1917/18.
|Age=22
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|Age=22 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Authority:- WOL/SS/M(CAS) dated 30/4/43.
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|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet, but his number suggests Summer 1939.  Posted ? 9th Battalion.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 - probably at Mercatel.  Authority - Category "B":- WOL/SS/M(CAS) dated 30/4/43.
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
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|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed, but probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
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|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.
|Home address=Son of Nicholas and Adeline Urwin, Benwell.  Buried Grave 1,  [[MERCATEL CEMETERY]].
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|Home address=Son of Nicholas and Adeline Urwin, Benwell.  Buried Grave 1,  [[MERCATEL CEMETERY]].  Headstone inscription reads : HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
 
|Image Name=Urwin_N_4459434_1_TS.JPG
 
|Image Name=Urwin_N_4459434_1_TS.JPG
 
|Image Title=Pte N Urwin's CWGC headstone.
 
|Image Title=Pte N Urwin's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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Revision as of 16:43, 15 November 2021

Personnel Entry

Pte N Urwin's CWGC headstone.
Pte N Urwin's CWGC headstone.

Name Urwin Nicholas
Army number 4459434
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1917/18.
Age 22 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet, but his number suggests Summer 1939. Posted ? 9th Battalion. Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 - probably at Mercatel. Authority - Category "B":- WOL/SS/M(CAS) dated 30/4/43.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed, but probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.
Home address Son of Nicholas and Adeline Urwin, Benwell. Buried Grave 1, MERCATEL CEMETERY. Headstone inscription reads : HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
Source table 1TS