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{{Personnel
|id=1261
|Surname and forenames=Mackell Joseph
|Army number=4456053
|Rank=Private.
|Date of birth=Born 1904/05.
|Age=35 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but his number suggests Spring 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Company/Battery=B Company.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not yet known.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  Buried Grave 6,  [[MERCATEL CEMETERY]].  No headstone inscription.
|Home address=Son of Thomas and Mary Mackell, Husband of Elizabeth Mackell, Gateshead.  
|Image Name=Mackell_J_4456053_1_TS.JPG
|Image Title=Pte J Mackell's CWGC headstone.
|Source table=1TS
}}