Costar Herbert Corporal 4454611 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 10:31, 30 August 2019

2019-08-30T10:31:05Z

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	\|Decorations=None yet known beyond service medals.		\|Decorations=None yet known beyond service medals.
	\|Date of birth=Born 5/10/1915 at Ferryhill. Birth registered Q4 1915 Sedgefield.		\|Date of birth=Born 5/10/1915 at Ferryhill. Birth registered Q4 1915 Sedgefield.
	\|Age=80 at the time of his ~~death66~~.		\|Age=80 at the time of his death in 1966.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry (TA) - date not yet known. Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted to 10th Battalion DLI - probably on 1/9/1939. Served B.E.F.? Served Iceland ? Transferred to Royal Electrical amd Mechanical Engineers 18/11/1943. Documents to Leicester 31/12/1943.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry (TA) - date not yet known. Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted to 10th Battalion DLI - probably on 1/9/1939. Served B.E.F.? Served Iceland ? Posted to 4 Command Workshop. Posted to Northern Command Static Workshop 17/11/1943. Transferred to Royal Electrical amd Mechanical Engineers 18/11/1943. Documents to Leicester 31/12/1943. Does not appear to have served in Normandy. Posted to the Mobilisation Centre 29/10/1944 for Draft RDKFF. Draft RDKFF embarked for East Africa 6/11/1944. Discharged from Home Forces 20/11/1944. Disembarked East Africa XIV EAEME 21/12/1944. Embarked East Africa and Struck off Strength East Africa Command 15/10/1945. Disembarked UK Y List E 9/11/1945. Posted to ? Relegated to the Z CLass Reserve 4/2/1946.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet known.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet known in full, though some postings are set out above..
	\|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.		\|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
	\|Task or role=Not yet known.		\|Task or role=Not yet known, but probably a vehicle fitter.
	\|Joined Brigade=Not yet known accurately but probably 1/9/1939.		\|Joined Brigade=Not yet known accurately but probably 1/9/1939.
	\|Promotions=No details yet.		\|Promotions=No details yet.
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	\|Home address=Father - Frank Costar, mother - Ada Foster. Married Elizabeth Bradley in April 1938 in Durham.		\|Home address=Father - Frank Costar, mother - Ada Foster. Married Elizabeth Bradley in April 1938 in Durham.
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			Thanks are due to the Corps Archivist and the team at the REME Museum and Archives for making Cpl Costar's Index Card contents available. Their records begin with his transfer to REME. It appears that this transfer took place from the DLI, and that he was not on the strength of the RAOC at the time. That can only be clarified by accessing his Service Record, held by MoD Historical Disclosures Section.

70bgadmin at 09:50, 12 July 2019

2019-07-12T09:50:48Z

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	\|Rank=Corporal.		\|Rank=Corporal.
	\|Decorations=None yet known beyond service medals.		\|Decorations=None yet known beyond service medals.
	\|Date of birth=~~Not yet known~~.		\|Date of birth=Born 5/10/1915 at Ferryhill. Birth registered Q4 1915 Sedgefield.
	\|Age=~~Not yet known~~.		\|Age=80 at the time of his death66.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry (TA) - date not yet known. Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI. ~~POsted~~ to 10th Battalion DLI - probably on 1/9/1939. Served B.E.F.? Served Iceland ? Transferred to Royal Electrical amd Mechanical Engineers 18/11/1943.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry (TA) - date not yet known. Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted to 10th Battalion DLI - probably on 1/9/1939. Served B.E.F.? Served Iceland ? Transferred to Royal Electrical amd Mechanical Engineers 18/11/1943. Documents to Leicester 31/12/1943.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet known.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
	\|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.		\|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
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	\|Wounded=Not as far as is known.		\|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
	\|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.		\|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
	\|Died/Killed in action=		\|Died/Killed in action=Died 20/9/1996 and was cremated at Durham Crematorium.
	\|Home address=		\|Home address=Father - Frank Costar, mother - Ada Foster. Married Elizabeth Bradley in April 1938 in Durham.
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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Costar Herbert
|Army number=4454611
|Rank=Corporal.
|Decorations=None yet known beyond service medals.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry (TA) - date not yet known. Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI. POsted to 10th Battalion DLI - probably on 1/9/1939. Served B.E.F.? Served Iceland ? Transferred to Royal Electrical amd Mechanical Engineers 18/11/1943.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known accurately but probably 1/9/1939.
|Promotions=No details yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=
|Home address=
}}