Moulding James Watson Pte 4459400
Personnel Entry
Name Moulding James Watson
Army number 4459400
Rank Pte
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1917/18.
Age 22 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Spring /Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the BEF in Northern France. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Authority:- WOL/SS/M/V/Casualty dated 3/5/43.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. Buried Grave 14, MERCATEL CEMETERY. His headstone inscription reads : O DEATH, WHERE IS THY STING? O GRAVE, WHERE IS THY VICTORY?
Home address Son of James Watson and Miriam Moulding, Hexham, Northumberland.
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