Wainwright Albert Pte 3325046

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Name Wainwright Albert
Army number 3325046
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth 4/2/1916
Age 0
Unit Enlisted in the Highland Light Infantry 13/6/1940. Trf to the Black Watch 1/9/40, Reference BW358/4/72, Posted 1 TS. Trf Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Posted 11th Bn A & S H. Trf Royal Army Service Corps 15/2/45, Part II Order 11th A & S H/10/45. Class Z Army Reserve 22/7/1946.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 1/9/1940.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Death registered April 1988 in Sheffield aged 72.
Home address Research suggests that Pte Wainwright married Margaret E Lowe in Pontefract in Q2 1945 (to be confirmed).
Source table 1TS

The RASC Enlistment Book shows that Pte Wainwright transferred to the RASC from the Black Watch. This is suspected of being an error as the reference to his transfer is a Part Two Order from the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - which was verified in their Enlistment Book. He had, of course, served in the Black Watch when he was a member of 1st Tyneside Scottish.