Chambers Richard Lance Sergeant 529263 - Revision history

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	\|Rank=Lance Sergeant		\|Rank=Lance Sergeant
	\|Date of birth=Research suggests L/Sgt Chambers was born in Gateshead, birth registered Quarter 2 1903, father William, mother Mary (nee Sullivan).		\|Date of birth=Research suggests L/Sgt Chambers was born in Gateshead, birth registered Quarter 2 1903, father William, mother Mary (nee Sullivan).
	\|Age=37		\|Age=37 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in the 15th King's Hussars - no service dates as yet. Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 25/7/39. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, posted ~~1 TS~~. Served ~~BEF~~. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty.		\|Unit=Enlisted in the 15th King's Hussars - no service dates as yet. Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 25/7/39. Posted 9th Battalion DLI. Posted 12th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Included in the acquittance roll for 10/5/1940. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty.
	\|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.		\|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
	\|Company/Battery=Battalion Headquarters.		\|Company/Battery=Battalion Headquarters.
	\|Task or role=Provost Sergeant.		\|Task or role=Provost Sergeant.
	\|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.		\|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40. Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 6. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
	~~\|Home address=No further family information as yet~~. Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 6. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.		\|Home address=No further family information as yet.
	\|Image Name=Chambers_R_529263.JPG		\|Image Name=Chambers_R_529263.JPG
	\|Image Title=L/Sgt R Chambers' CWGC headstone.		\|Image Title=L/Sgt R Chambers' CWGC headstone.
	\|Source table=1TS		\|Source table=1TS
	}}		}}

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	\|Task or role=Provost Sergeant.		\|Task or role=Provost Sergeant.
	\|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.		\|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
	\|Home address=No further family information as yet. Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 6. ~~Bucquoy Road Cemetery~~, Ficheux.		\|Home address=No further family information as yet. Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 6. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
	\|Image Name=Chambers_R_529263.JPG		\|Image Name=Chambers_R_529263.JPG
	\|Image Title=L/Sgt R Chambers' CWGC headstone.		\|Image Title=L/Sgt R Chambers' CWGC headstone.
	\|Source table=1TS		\|Source table=1TS
	}}		}}

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	\|Army number=529263		\|Army number=529263
	\|Rank=Lance Sergeant		\|Rank=Lance Sergeant
			\|Date of birth=Research suggests L/Sgt Chambers was born in Gateshead, birth registered Quarter 2 1903, father William, mother Mary (nee Sullivan).
	\|Age=37		\|Age=37
	\|Unit=15th King's Hussars, Durham Light Infantry 25/7/39~~, Trf~~ 1 TS 1/2/40, KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty.		\|Unit=Enlisted in the 15th King's Hussars - no service dates as yet. Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 25/7/39. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, posted 1 TS. Served BEF. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty.
	\|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40		\|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
			\|Company/Battery=Battalion Headquarters.
			\|Task or role=Provost Sergeant.
			\|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
			\|Home address=No further family information as yet. Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 6. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
			\|Image Name=Chambers_R_529263.JPG
			\|Image Title=L/Sgt R Chambers' CWGC headstone.
	\|Source table=1TS		\|Source table=1TS
	~~\|Task or role=Provost Sergeant~~
	\|Home address=Research suggests Sgt Chambers was born in Gateshead, Quarter 2 1903, father William, mother Mary (nee Sullivan). Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 6. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
	}}		}}

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	\|Rank=Lance Sergeant		\|Rank=Lance Sergeant
	\|Age=37		\|Age=37
	\|Unit=15th King's Hussars, ~~DLI~~ 25/7/39, 1 TS 1/2/40		\|Unit=15th King's Hussars, Durham Light Infantry 25/7/39, Trf 1 TS 1/2/40, KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty.
	\|Died/Killed in action=20~~/5/1940 00:00:00~~		\|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
	\|Source table=1TS		\|Source table=1TS
			\|Task or role=Provost Sergeant
			\|Home address=Research suggests Sgt Chambers was born in Gateshead, Quarter 2 1903, father William, mother Mary (nee Sullivan). Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 6. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
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|id=151
|Surname and forenames=Chambers Richard
|Army number=529263
|Rank=Lance Sergeant
|Age=37
|Unit=15th King's Hussars, DLI 25/7/39, 1 TS 1/2/40
|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
|Source table=1TS
}}