Young Herbert Cecil Pte 4459455

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Name Young Herbert Cecil
Army number 4459455 (the 1942 "missing" exercise shows 4459485).
Rank Private.
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 0
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.
Company/Battery
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
Home address 9, Harrow St. Gateshead
Source table 1TS