Difference between revisions of "Young Herbert Cecil Pte 4459455"
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{{Personnel | {{Personnel | ||
|Surname and forenames=Young Herbert Cecil | |Surname and forenames=Young Herbert Cecil | ||
| − | |Army number=4459455 (the 1942 "missing" exercise shows 4459485). | + | |Army number=4459455 (the 1942 "missing" exercise shows 4459485 in some documents but has been corrected later). |
|Rank=Private. | |Rank=Private. | ||
| − | |Date of birth=Not known. | + | |Date of birth=Not yet known. |
|Age=At the time of his death - not known. | |Age=At the time of his death - not known. | ||
| − | |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - enlisted 17/1/1940, Posted ? 12th Bn DLI. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served ? Iceland. Posted to the 30th Battalion Black Watch. Transferred to the Army Catering Corps 3/9/42, Authority:- ACI's 626/39/1305/41 and Off i/c Recs No. 1/ACC/Perth/249 dated 11/9/42, Part II Order 30th Bn 222/42. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 25/12/1944. | + | |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - enlisted 17/1/1940, Posted ? 12th Bn 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. Evacuated to the UK via Dunkirk. Served ? Iceland. Posted to the 30th Battalion Black Watch by August 1942. . Transferred to the Army Catering Corps 3/9/42, under Authority:- ACI's 626/39/1305/41 and Off i/c Recs No. 1/ACC/Perth/249 dated 11/9/42, Part II Order 30th Bn 222/42. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 25/12/1944. |
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/2/1940, otherwise via 12th Bn DLI on 17/1/1940. | |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/2/1940, otherwise via 12th Bn DLI on 17/1/1940. | ||
|Company/Battery=A Company. | |Company/Battery=A Company. | ||
Revision as of 17:27, 28 February 2023
Personnel Entry
Name Young Herbert Cecil
Army number 4459455 (the 1942 "missing" exercise shows 4459485 in some documents but has been corrected later).
Rank Private.
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age At the time of his death - not known.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry - enlisted 17/1/1940, Posted ? 12th Bn 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. Evacuated to the UK via Dunkirk. Served ? Iceland. Posted to the 30th Battalion Black Watch by August 1942. . Transferred to the Army Catering Corps 3/9/42, under Authority:- ACI's 626/39/1305/41 and Off i/c Recs No. 1/ACC/Perth/249 dated 11/9/42, Part II Order 30th Bn 222/42. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 25/12/1944.
Company/Battery A Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/2/1940, otherwise via 12th Bn DLI on 17/1/1940.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Date of death not known.
Home address 9, Harrow St. Gateshead.
Source table 1TS
