Laidler Edward Summers Pte 4459034
Personnel Entry
Name Laidler Edward Summers
Army number 4459034
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death) Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet, his number indicates Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)a 27/1/46.
Company/Battery A Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag VIIIB and 344 and E332, PoW Number 2863.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 58, Santon St. Gosforth, Newcastle.
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