Difference between revisions of "Lamont William John Piper 2759608"
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|Rank=Piper | |Rank=Piper | ||
|Decorations=M.M | |Decorations=M.M | ||
− | |Date of birth=12-Jan-20 | + | |Date of birth=12-Jan-20 (family information indicates 20/1/1920). |
|Age=0 | |Age=0 | ||
− | |Unit=Black Watch | + | |Unit=Enlisted in the Black Watch in early 1939 as a Regular soldier(exact date not yet confirmed). Posted to ? Battalion. Posted 1 TS - presumably after 1/2/1940. Served BEF. Captured 1/6/1940 Cambrai. Escaped from Loekeren 4/8/1940. Recaptured in unoccupied France. Escaped for a second time 15/4/1941. Reached Gibraltar and evacuated to the UK - arriving Greenock 14/6/1941. Posted 10th Battalion Black Watch 9/10/1941. Released 11/6/1946. Posted to the Class Z Reserve 19/9/46. |
− | |Prisoner of War=PoW | + | |Joined Brigade=Thought to have been shortly after 1/2/1940. |
− | |Home address=20, Mansfield Street, Leslie, Fife | + | |Prisoner of War=PoW Loekeren, Belgium and in Unoccupied France before his second escape. |
+ | |Died/Killed in action=25/1/1984. | ||
+ | |Home address=20, Mansfield Street, Leslie, Fife. Worked as a painter and decorator. Married Josephine C Thomas Q1 1948, Swansea. Emigrated to Australia. | ||
|Source table=1TS | |Source table=1TS | ||
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+ | Sincere thanks are due to Pte Lamont's granddaughter for family and Service Record information and photographs. |
Revision as of 06:40, 28 April 2017
Personnel Entry
Name Lamont William John
Army number 2759608
Rank Piper
Decorations M.M
Date of birth 12-Jan-20 (family information indicates 20/1/1920).
Age 0
Unit Enlisted in the Black Watch in early 1939 as a Regular soldier(exact date not yet confirmed). Posted to ? Battalion. Posted 1 TS - presumably after 1/2/1940. Served BEF. Captured 1/6/1940 Cambrai. Escaped from Loekeren 4/8/1940. Recaptured in unoccupied France. Escaped for a second time 15/4/1941. Reached Gibraltar and evacuated to the UK - arriving Greenock 14/6/1941. Posted 10th Battalion Black Watch 9/10/1941. Released 11/6/1946. Posted to the Class Z Reserve 19/9/46.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Thought to have been shortly after 1/2/1940.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War PoW Loekeren, Belgium and in Unoccupied France before his second escape.
Died/Killed in action 25/1/1984.
Home address 20, Mansfield Street, Leslie, Fife. Worked as a painter and decorator. Married Josephine C Thomas Q1 1948, Swansea. Emigrated to Australia.
Source table 1TS
Sincere thanks are due to Pte Lamont's granddaughter for family and Service Record information and photographs.