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{{Personnel
|id=1180
|Surname and forenames=Welch Joseph
|Army number=4455777
|Rank=Sgt
|Age=0
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS 1/2/40
|Home address=16, Grenwich Place, Gateshead
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet but probably 2nd or 3rd May 1939.   Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in the B.E.F. in Northern France. Dunkirk.  Served Iceland?.  Served Normandy.  Posted to the 5th Battalion Black Watch on the disbandment of 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 24/5/46.
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Age=91/92 at the time of his death.
+|Age=92 at the time of his death.
 |Company/Battery=HQ Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.

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 |Surname and forenames=Welch Joseph
 |Army number=4455777
-|Rank=Sgt
+|Rank=Sergeant.
 |Date of birth=Registered Q3 1919, mother's maiden name Bell.
-|Age=0
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet but probably 2nd or 3rd May 1939.   Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in the B.E.F. in Northern France. Dunkirk.  Served Iceland?.  Served Normandy.  Posted to the 5th Battalion Black Watch on the disbandment of 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 24/5/46.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date. Posted ? Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS.  B.E.F. Dunkirk.  Served Iceland?.  Normandy.  Posted 5th Bn Black Watch on the disbandment of 1 TS. Class Z Army Reserve 24/5/46.
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Died/Killed in action=18/8/2011
+|Age=91/92 at the time of his death.
-|Home address=16, Grenwich Place, Gateshead
+|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
 |Source table=1TS
 |Image Name=Joseph_Welch_1_TS.jpg

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 Armed with rifles, bren guns and a few anti tank rifles, the Battalion left for France and was tasked with the repair of airfields whilst their training continued.  Eventually, the Battalion came face to face with Rommel at [[FICHEUX]], where a determined defence delayed the German armour for over five hours. One company was only in it’s seventh week of training and many of their weapons were demonstration only. It is known that, during the general withdrawal, Joe Welch carried a wounded comrade, together with his equipment and rifle, for a distance of more than three miles. He was lightly built and did not give the impression of that kind of ability.
-Retrained and re-equipped, it was back to France in 1944 and Joe took part in the 1st July Battle of Rauray, where the Tyneside Scottish won a Battle Honour for their part in stopping the Panzers.
+Retrained and re-equipped, it was back to France in 1944 and Joe took part in the 1st July Battle of [[Rauray]], where the Tyneside Scottish won a Battle Honour for their part in stopping the Panzers.
 On the disbandment of the Battalion in September 1944, Joe went to 5th Black Watch, where he stayed until the end of the war.

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 Joe joined the 1st Battalion Tyneside Scottish, The Black Watch (RHR) in 1939 and, like many of his comrades in Territorial Army units, struggled to obtain a level of efficiency with demonstration weapons.
-Armed with rifles, bren guns and a few anti tank rifles, the Battalion left for France and was tasked with the repair of airfields whilst their training continued.  Eventually, the Battalion came face to face with Rommel at Ficheux, where a determined defence delayed the German armour for over five hours. One company was only in it’s seventh week of training and many of their weapons were demonstration only. It is known that, during the general withdrawal, Joe Welch carried a wounded comrade, together with his equipment and rifle, for a distance of more than three miles. He was lightly built and did not give the impression of that kind of ability.
+Armed with rifles, bren guns and a few anti tank rifles, the Battalion left for France and was tasked with the repair of airfields whilst their training continued.  Eventually, the Battalion came face to face with Rommel at [[FICHEUX]], where a determined defence delayed the German armour for over five hours. One company was only in it’s seventh week of training and many of their weapons were demonstration only. It is known that, during the general withdrawal, Joe Welch carried a wounded comrade, together with his equipment and rifle, for a distance of more than three miles. He was lightly built and did not give the impression of that kind of ability.
 Retrained and re-equipped, it was back to France in 1944 and Joe took part in the 1st July Battle of Rauray, where the Tyneside Scottish won a Battle Honour for their part in stopping the Panzers.

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 |Date of birth=Registered Q3 1919, mother's maiden name Bell.
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date. Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS.  B.E.F. Dunkirk.  Served Iceland?.  Normandy.  Posted 5th Bn Black Watch on the disbandment of 1 TS. Class Z Army Reserve 24/5/46.
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date. Posted ? Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS.  B.E.F. Dunkirk.  Served Iceland?.  Normandy.  Posted 5th Bn Black Watch on the disbandment of 1 TS. Class Z Army Reserve 24/5/46.
 |Died/Killed in action=18/8/2011
 |Home address=16, Grenwich Place, Gateshead