Beattie Wilfred Kenneth Private 14348757
Personnel Entry
Name Beattie Wilfred Kenneth
Army number 14348757
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet ascertained.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Conscripted into the General Staff Corps - date not yet known. Underwent Basic training at a Primary Training Centre - possibly No 4 ITC at Brancepeth. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry – no exact date as yet but probably 1942/3. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI. Served Normandy. Wounded. Posted to the ? Battalion on the disbandment of the 10th Battalion in August 1944. Transferred to the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4/11/1945. Documents to Warwick 17/12/1945.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade On being posted to the 10th Battalion.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes - in Normandy.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address (To include family and marital details where possible). No details as yet.
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