Heathcote Ernest Pte 4456205 - Revision history

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 |Joined Brigade=3/9/1939.
 |Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. Buried Special Memorial Plot 8. Row E. Grave 2. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  Headstone inscription reads : FOR EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS.
-|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Married Annie Marshall on 8/5/1937 at Bishop Auckland. Lived at 11, Back South View, Kirk Merrington, Ferryhill, County Durham.
+|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Married Annie Marshall on 8/5/1937 at Bishop Auckland. Lived at 11, Back South View, Kirk Merrington, Ferryhill, County Durham.  Mrs Heathcote subsequently lived at 23 Back Hume Street, Spennymoor, County Durham.
 |Image Name=Heathcote_E_4456205.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte E Heathcote's CWGC headstone.

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 |Army number=4456205
 |Rank=Pte
-|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1911.
+|Date of birth=Born County Durham 29/11/1911.
 |Age=29 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date but probably Summer 1939.  Posted ? 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served BEF.  Posted Missing 10/5/40 - 31/5/40.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
+|Decorations=Service Awards - 1939/45 Star.  War Medal.  ? Defence Medal.
-|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry at Spennymoor 28/51939.  Posted 6th Bn DLI 28/5/1939.  Posted 10th Battalion DLI 3/9/1939.  Embarked for France 24/4/1940 - arrived 25/4/1940.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Posted Missing 10/5/40 - 31/5/40.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry during the battle of Ficheux.  Casualty status only confirmed formally 26/6/1942.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40. Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row E. Grave 2. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  Headstone inscription reads : FOR EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS.
+|Joined Brigade=3/9/1939.
-|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Married Annie Marshall in 1937. Lived at Kirk Merrington.
+|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. Buried Special Memorial Plot 8. Row E. Grave 2. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  Headstone inscription reads : FOR EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS.
 |Image Name=Heathcote_E_4456205.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte E Heathcote's CWGC headstone.
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 }}
-DLI Roll of Honour has 1/5/1940 as the date of death - this is believed to be in error as the German invasion only began on 10/5/1940.  War Office casualty list shows only 5/40 with no day.  CWGC shows 20/5/1940 which was the date of the Battles of [[FICHEUX]] and [[MERCATEL]].
+DLI Roll of Honour has 1/5/1940 as the date of death - this is believed to be in error as the German invasion only began on 10/5/1940.  The War Office casualty list shows only 5/40 with no day mentioned.  CWGC shows 20/5/1940 which was the date of the Battles of [[FICHEUX]] and [[MERCATEL]].
 Further investigation will take place on the initial interment of Ernest utilising the papers passed to the Lead Researcher by the late Andre Coilliot.
 To read more about Ernest please click on here - https://www.newmp.org.uk/person/e-heathcote-1940/ - to read his "Every Name a Story" entry on the NEWMP Website.

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	Further investigation will take place on the initial interment of Ernest utilising the papers passed to the Lead Researcher by the late Andre Coilliot.		Further investigation will take place on the initial interment of Ernest utilising the papers passed to the Lead Researcher by the late Andre Coilliot.
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		+	To read more about Ernest please click on here - https://www.newmp.org.uk/person/e-heathcote-1940/ - to read his "Every Name a Story" entry on the NEWMP Website.

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 {{Personnel
 |id=2186
-|Surname and forenames=Heathcote Ernest
+|Surname and forenames=Heathcote Ernest Redfern
 |Army number=4456205
 |Rank=Pte
-|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1910/11.
+|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1911.
-|Age=29
+|Age=29 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date but probably Summer 1939.  Posted ? 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served BEF.  Posted Missing 10/5/40 - 31/5/40.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40. Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row E. Grave 2. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40. Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row E. Grave 2. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  Headstone inscription reads : FOR EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS.
-|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Husband of Annie Heathcote, Kirk Merrington.
+|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Married Annie Marshall in 1937. Lived at Kirk Merrington.
 |Image Name=Heathcote_E_4456205.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte E Heathcote's CWGC headstone.
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 DLI Roll of Honour has 1/5/1940 as the date of death - this is believed to be in error as the German invasion only began on 10/5/1940.  War Office casualty list shows only 5/40 with no day.  CWGC shows 20/5/1940 which was the date of the Battles of [[FICHEUX]] and [[MERCATEL]].

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 |Unit=Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date but probably Summer 1939.  Posted ? 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served BEF.  Posted Missing 10/5/40 - 31/5/40.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40. Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row E. Grave 2. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
-|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Husband of Annie Heathcote, Kirk Merrington.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row E. Grave 2. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
+|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Husband of Annie Heathcote, Kirk Merrington.
 |Image Name=Heathcote_E_4456205.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte E Heathcote's CWGC headstone.

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−	DLI Roll of Honour has 1/5/1940 as the date of death - this is believed to be in error as the German invasion only began on 10/5/1940. War Office casualty list shows only 5/40 with no day. CWGC shows 20/5/1940 which was the date of the Battles of ~~Ficheux~~ and ~~Mercatel~~.	+	DLI Roll of Honour has 1/5/1940 as the date of death - this is believed to be in error as the German invasion only began on 10/5/1940. War Office casualty list shows only 5/40 with no day. CWGC shows 20/5/1940 which was the date of the Battles of [[FICHEUX]] and [[MERCATEL]].

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 |Date of birth=Born County Durham 1910/11.
 |Age=29
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date but probably Summer 1939, Posted 10th Bn DLI.  Served BEF.  Posted Missing 10/5/40 - 31/5/40. Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date but probably Summer 1939.  Posted ? 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served BEF.  Posted Missing 10/5/40 - 31/5/40.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
 |Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Husband of Annie Heathcote, Kirk Merrington.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row E. Grave 2. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}
-DLI Roll of Honour has 1/5/1940 as the date of death - this is in error.  War Office casualty list shows only 5/40 with no day.  CWGC shows 20/5/1940 which was the date of the Battle of Ficheux and Mercatel.
+DLI Roll of Honour has 1/5/1940 as the date of death - this is believed to be in error as the German invasion only began on 10/5/1940.  War Office casualty list shows only 5/40 with no day.  CWGC shows 20/5/1940 which was the date of the Battles of Ficheux and Mercatel.

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=29
-|Unit=10 DLI
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Posted Missing 10/5/40 - 31/5/40, Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
-|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
-|Home address=Husband of Annie Heathcote, Kirk Merrington.
+|Home address=Husband of Annie Heathcote, Kirk Merrington.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row E. Grave 2. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}