Hall George Douglas Pte 4459374 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 12:50, 30 November 2021

2021-11-30T12:50:30Z

70bgadmin at 15:05, 20 June 2019

2019-06-20T15:05:44Z

70bgadmin at 18:03, 18 April 2018

2018-04-18T18:03:40Z

70bgadmin at 12:13, 21 November 2016

2016-11-21T12:13:30Z

70bgadmin: CSV import

2014-01-27T17:27:34Z

CSV import

70bgadmin: CSV import

2011-03-08T14:36:04Z

CSV import

New page

{{Personnel
|id=1523
|Surname and forenames=Hall George Douglas
|Army number=4459374
|Rank=Pte
|Age=22
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS
|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
|Source table=1TS
}}

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 |Army number=4459374
 |Rank=Pte
 |Date of birth=Research suggests Pte Hall was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1918, father George, mother Elizabeth Helen (nee Shepherd).
-|Age=22
+|Age=22 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority - Category "B", Authority Casualty L.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI 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 - Category "B", Authority Casualty L.
-|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed but possibly 1/9/1939.
+|Joined Brigade=Date not yet finally confirmed but probably 1/9/1939.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 1, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 1, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  No headstone inscription.
 |Home address=Resident of Newcastle upon Tyne.  Lived at 7, Helen Street, Newcastle.  Husband of Mrs I Hall.
 |Image Name=Hall_G_D_4459374.JPG

@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 |Date of birth=Research suggests Pte Hall was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1918, father George, mother Elizabeth Helen (nee Shepherd).
 |Age=22
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Authority Casualty L.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority - Category "B", Authority Casualty L.
-|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
+|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed but possibly 1/9/1939.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 1, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
-|Home address=Resident of Newcastle upon Tyne.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 1, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
+|Home address=Resident of Newcastle upon Tyne.  Lived at 7, Helen Street, Newcastle.  Husband of Mrs I Hall.
 |Image Name=Hall_G_D_4459374.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte G D Hall's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 |Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
-|Home address=Resident of Newcastle upon Tyne.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 1, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Home address=Resident of Newcastle upon Tyne.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 1, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Hall_G_D_4459374.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte G D Hall's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 |Army number=4459374
 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=22
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No Enlistment Date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Authority Casualty L.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Authority Casualty L.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
 |Source table=1TS
 }}