Corr John William Pte 4456620 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 15:20, 16 July 2026

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	\|Surname and forenames=Corr John William		\|Surname and forenames=Corr John William
	\|Army number=4456620		\|Army number=4456620
	\|Rank=~~Pte~~		\|Rank=Private.
	\|Date of birth=Research suggests 27/11/1918.		\|Date of birth=Research suggests 27/11/1918.
	\|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.		\|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
	\|Age=68 at the time of his death.		\|Age=68 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - Territorial Army - 4/7/1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI 1/9/1939. Embodied 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940 and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served ~~BEF~~. Taken Prisoner of War - probably on 21/5/1940. Repatriated early due to injury? Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 1/2/44, Auth: Part II Order IRO 25/44. Relegated to Class Z Army Reserve 24/5/1946.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - Territorial Army - 4/7/1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI 1/9/1939. Embodied 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940 and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Taken Prisoner of War - probably on 21/5/1940. Repatriated early due to injury? Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 1/2/44, Auth: Part II Order IRO 25/44. Relegated to Class Z Army Reserve 24/5/1946.
	\|Company/Battery=HQ Company.		\|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
			\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Pipe Band.
	\|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.		\|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
	\|Task or role=Drummer in the Pipe Band. "Action" role not yet ascertained.		\|Task or role=Drummer in the Pipe Band. "Action" role not yet ascertained.
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	\|Home address=69, Mill Lane, Newcastle. Employed as Head Kennel Lad at Gateshead Greyhound Stadium.		\|Home address=69, Mill Lane, Newcastle. Employed as Head Kennel Lad at Gateshead Greyhound Stadium.
	\|Source table=1TS		\|Source table=1TS
			\|Image Name=Abefcb85-8096-4e1d-8b77-dcbbee69d906_(2).jpeg
			\|Image Title=Drummer John William Corr, 1st Tyneside Scottish.
	}}		}}

	Key dates require some confirmation.		Key dates require some confirmation.

			Thanks are due to Jim Tuckwell for the photo and personal details.

70bgadmin at 11:37, 28 March 2020

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	\|Rank=Pte		\|Rank=Pte
	\|Date of birth=Research suggests 27/11/1918.		\|Date of birth=Research suggests 27/11/1918.
	\|Age=0		\|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - Territorial Army - 4/7/1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI 1/9/1939. Embodied 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940~~. Posted~~ 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served BEF. Taken Prisoner of War - ~~details awaited~~. Repatriated early? Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 1/2/44, Auth: Part II Order IRO 25/44. Relegated to Class Z Army Reserve 24/5/1946.		\|Age=68 at the time of his death.
			\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - Territorial Army - 4/7/1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI 1/9/1939. Embodied 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940 and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served BEF. Taken Prisoner of War - probably on 21/5/1940. Repatriated early due to injury? Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 1/2/44, Auth: Part II Order IRO 25/44. Relegated to Class Z Army Reserve 24/5/1946.
	\|Company/Battery=HQ Company.		\|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
	\|Joined Brigade=~~Probably~~ 1/9/1939.		\|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
	\|Task or role=Drummer in the Pipe Band. "Action" role not yet ascertained.		\|Task or role=Drummer in the Pipe Band. "Action" role not yet ascertained.
	\|Prisoner of War=Yes, according to family correspondence.		\|Prisoner of War=Yes, according to family correspondence. Held at Stalag XXI (I) Thorn in Poland. PoW Number not yet ascertained.
	\|Died/Killed in action=Research suggests death was registered September 1987, aged 68, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.		\|Wounded=Yes, lost the big toe on his right foot at the time of his capture - which may have lead to his early repatriation. Several men of the 1st Tyneside Scottish sustained leg and foot injuries when they were fired on by machine guns from enemy tanks while trying to take cover on the embankment at Ficheux, so he may have been involved in that engagement.
	\|Home address=69, Mill Lane, Newcastle.		\|Died/Killed in action=Research suggests death was registered September 1987, aged 68, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Buried in Dudley Weetslade Cemetery at Cramlington, Northumberland.
			\|Home address=69, Mill Lane, Newcastle. Employed as Head Kennel Lad at Gateshead Greyhound Stadium.
	\|Source table=1TS		\|Source table=1TS
	}}		}}

	Key dates require confirmation.		Key dates require some confirmation.

70bgadmin at 17:54, 4 December 2018

2018-12-04T17:54:24Z

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	\|Date of birth=Research suggests 27/11/1918.		\|Date of birth=Research suggests 27/11/1918.
	\|Age=0		\|Age=0
	\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry~~, T,~~ 4/7/1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI. Embodied 1/9/1939. ~~Trf~~ Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted ~~1 TS~~. ? BEF. ? ~~Served Iceland.~~ ~~Trf~~ Royal Army Service Corps 1/2/44, Auth: Part II Order IRO 25/44. Class Z Army Reserve 24/5/1946.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - Territorial Army - 4/7/1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI 1/9/1939. Embodied 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940. Posted 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served BEF. Taken Prisoner of War - details awaited. Repatriated early? Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 1/2/44, Auth: Part II Order IRO 25/44. Relegated to Class Z Army Reserve 24/5/1946.
			\|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
	\|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.		\|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
	\|Task or role=~~Probably a Driver~~.		\|Task or role=Drummer in the Pipe Band. "Action" role not yet ascertained.
			\|Prisoner of War=Yes, according to family correspondence.
	\|Died/Killed in action=Research suggests death was registered September 1987, aged 68, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.		\|Died/Killed in action=Research suggests death was registered September 1987, aged 68, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
	\|Home address=69, Mill Lane, Newcastle.		\|Home address=69, Mill Lane, Newcastle.

70bgadmin at 08:06, 15 April 2015

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	\|Army number=4456620		\|Army number=4456620
	\|Rank=Pte		\|Rank=Pte
	\|Date of birth=		\|Date of birth=Research suggests 27/11/1918.
	\|Age=0		\|Age=0
	\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 4/7/1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI. Embodied 1/9/1939. Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS. ? BEF. ? Served Iceland. Trf Royal Army Service Corps 1/2/44, Auth: Part II Order IRO 25/44. Class Z Army Reserve 24/5/1946.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 4/7/1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI. Embodied 1/9/1939. Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS. ? BEF. ? Served Iceland. Trf Royal Army Service Corps 1/2/44, Auth: Part II Order IRO 25/44. Class Z Army Reserve 24/5/1946.
	\|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.		\|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
	\|Task or role=Probably a Driver.		\|Task or role=Probably a Driver.
	\|Died/Killed in action=		\|Died/Killed in action=Research suggests death was registered September 1987, aged 68, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
	\|Home address=69, Mill Lane, Newcastle.		\|Home address=69, Mill Lane, Newcastle.
	\|Source table=1TS		\|Source table=1TS
	}}		}}

			Key dates require confirmation.

70bgadmin at 08:00, 15 April 2015

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	\|Army number=4456620		\|Army number=4456620
	\|Rank=Pte		\|Rank=Pte
			\|Date of birth=
	\|Age=0		\|Age=0
	\|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, ~~no enlistment date,~~ Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, Trf Royal Army Service Corps 1/2/44, Auth: Part II Order IRO 25/44.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 4/7/1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI. Embodied 1/9/1939. Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS. ? BEF. ? Served Iceland. Trf Royal Army Service Corps 1/2/44, Auth: Part II Order IRO 25/44. Class Z Army Reserve 24/5/1946.
	\|Home address=69, Mill Lane, Newcastle		\|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
			\|Task or role=Probably a Driver.
			\|Died/Killed in action=
			\|Home address=69, Mill Lane, Newcastle.
	\|Source table=1TS		\|Source table=1TS
	}}		}}

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2014-01-27T17:17:00Z

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	\|Rank=Pte		\|Rank=Pte
	\|Age=0		\|Age=0
	\|Unit=~~DLI~~, 1 TS 1/2/40		\|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, Trf Royal Army Service Corps 1/2/44, Auth: Part II Order IRO 25/44.
	\|Home address=69, Mill Lane, Newcastle		\|Home address=69, Mill Lane, Newcastle
	\|Source table=1TS		\|Source table=1TS
	}}		}}

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|id=1365
|Surname and forenames=Corr John William
|Army number=4456620
|Rank=Pte
|Age=0
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS 1/2/40
|Home address=69, Mill Lane, Newcastle
|Source table=1TS
}}