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|Army number=4457197
 
|Army number=4457197
 
|Rank=Pte
 
|Rank=Pte
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|Date of birth=Born 1919/20.
 
|Age=20
 
|Age=20
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, KILLED in ACTION on or after 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. B.E.F.
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|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but possibly Summer 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION on or after 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. B.E.F, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
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|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
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|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
 
|Home address=Son of William and Jane Wigham, St Anthony's, Newcastle-on-Tyne.  Commemorated Column 91, Dunkirk Memorial.
 
|Home address=Son of William and Jane Wigham, St Anthony's, Newcastle-on-Tyne.  Commemorated Column 91, Dunkirk Memorial.
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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Revision as of 17:57, 1 December 2016

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Name Wigham William
Army number 4457197
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1919/20.
Age 20
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but possibly Summer 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS. Served BEF. KILLED in ACTION on or after 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. B.E.F, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40.
Home address Son of William and Jane Wigham, St Anthony's, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Commemorated Column 91, Dunkirk Memorial.
Source table 1TS

Dunkirk Memorial