Difference between revisions of "Firth Ernest Pte 4459369"
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|Date of birth=Not yet known. | |Date of birth=Not yet known. | ||
|Age=0 | |Age=0 | ||
| − | |Unit=Durham Light Infantry, | + | |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? Served Iceland. Prisoner of War. Posted ? Bn Black Watch, Discharged KRs 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 6/1/47. |
| − | |Company/Battery=Brigade HQ | + | |Company/Battery=70th Brigade HQ. |
| − | |Task or role=Batman | + | |Task or role=Batman. |
| − | |Prisoner of War=344 (Lamsdorf), 14948 | + | |Prisoner of War=344 (Lamsdorf), 14948. |
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known. | |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known. | ||
| − | |Home address=13, Fox and Hounds Lane, Newcastle | + | |Home address=13, Fox and Hounds Lane, Newcastle. |
|Source table=1TS | |Source table=1TS | ||
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Caution must be expressed about the identification of this man. He is listed as a PoW alongside men captured in May 1940, yet the Brigade War Diary shows him on the Brigade Staff in Iceland on 1/1/1941. There is either another man with the same surname in the same Battalion with whom this entry is confused, or he was captured in Normandy in 1944. Hopefully family information will be able to clear this up. | Caution must be expressed about the identification of this man. He is listed as a PoW alongside men captured in May 1940, yet the Brigade War Diary shows him on the Brigade Staff in Iceland on 1/1/1941. There is either another man with the same surname in the same Battalion with whom this entry is confused, or he was captured in Normandy in 1944. Hopefully family information will be able to clear this up. | ||
Latest revision as of 11:36, 7 December 2016
Personnel Entry
Name Firth Ernest
Army number 4459369
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 0
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? Served Iceland. Prisoner of War. Posted ? Bn Black Watch, Discharged KRs 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 6/1/47.
Company/Battery 70th Brigade HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Batman.
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War 344 (Lamsdorf), 14948.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 13, Fox and Hounds Lane, Newcastle.
Source table 1TS
Caution must be expressed about the identification of this man. He is listed as a PoW alongside men captured in May 1940, yet the Brigade War Diary shows him on the Brigade Staff in Iceland on 1/1/1941. There is either another man with the same surname in the same Battalion with whom this entry is confused, or he was captured in Normandy in 1944. Hopefully family information will be able to clear this up.
