Watson George Robert Pte 4459442 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Watson George Robert
|Army number=4459442
|Rank=Pte
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No Enlistment Date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, Prisoner of War, Posted ? Bn Black Watch, Class Z Army Reserve 3/2/46.
|Prisoner of War=344, 3775
|Home address=63, Warwick St. Heaton, Newcastle
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
 |Promotions=None known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.

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 |Surname and forenames=Watson George Robert
 |Army number=4459442
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private.
 |Date of birth=Not yet known.
-|Age=0
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Autumn 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion.   Posted to the ?12th Battalion DLI 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 20/5/1940.  (The "missing" exercise shows 20/5/19423 but this may be a clerical error or the formal notification date of PoW status.)  Repatriated to the UK.  Posted ? Battalion Black Watch.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/2/46.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet.   Posted to the ?12th Battalion DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War.  Repatriated.  Posted ? Bn Black Watch.  Relegated to Class Z Army Reserve 3/2/46.
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
-|Prisoner of War=Yes - Camp Number 344.  Prisoner Number 3775.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag VIIIB and Camp Number 344,  Prisoner Number 3775.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
+|Home address=Lived at 63, Warwick St. Heaton, Newcastle, and at Algernon Road, Heaton.  No other family information as yet.
 |Home address=Lived at 63, Warwick St. Heaton, Newcastle, and at Algernon Road, Heaton.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}