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	\|Surname and forenames=Field John William		\|Surname and forenames=Field John William
	\|Army number=4459523		\|Army number=4459523
	\|Rank=~~Pte~~		\|Rank=Private.
	~~\|Age=0~~		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests late 1939. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France? Served Iceland? Served Normandy? Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/4/46.
	\|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, ~~No Enlistment Date~~, ~~Trf~~ Black Watch 1/2/1940, ~~Posted 1 TS,~~ Posted ? Bn Black Watch, Class Z Army Reserve 3/4/46.		\|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
			\|Date of birth=Not yet known.
			\|Age=(At the time of his death). Not yet known.
			\|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
			\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
			\|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
			\|Joined Brigade=On his date of enlistment - probably late 1939.
			\|Promotions=None known.
			\|Wounded=Not yet known.
			\|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
			\|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
	\|Home address=17, Trimdon St. Sunderland		\|Home address=17, Trimdon St. Sunderland
	\|Source table=1TS		\|Source table=1TS
	}}		}}

			The lack of mentions of Private Field in War Diaries suggests that he may have been transferred to another Battalion of the Black Watch. Family help, and access to his Service Record is required to identify the elements of his seervice - much of which is guesswork at this stage.

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Field John William
|Army number=4459523
|Rank=Pte
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No Enlistment Date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, Posted ? Bn Black Watch, Class Z Army Reserve 3/4/46.
|Home address=17, Trimdon St. Sunderland
|Source table=1TS
}}

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