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|Rank=Pte | |Rank=Pte | ||
| + | |Date of birth=Born 1920/21. | ||
|Age=19 | |Age=19 | ||
| − | |Unit=DLI, 1 TS | + | |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS. Served BEF. Previously reported missing, now known to be KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 Category B, Authority Casualty L while with 1st Tyneside Scottish. |
| − | |Died/Killed in action=20 | + | |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939. |
| + | |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40. | ||
|Source table=1TS | |Source table=1TS | ||
| + | |Home address=Research suggests Pte Heaney was born in Gateshead in 1921, father James, mother Ellen (nee Fraser) and that he was a resident of Gateshead at the time of his death. Commemorated Column 91, [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:54, 18 April 2018
Personnel Entry
Name Heaney William
Army number 4454568
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1920/21.
Age 19
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS. Served BEF. Previously reported missing, now known to be KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 Category B, Authority Casualty L while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40.
Home address Research suggests Pte Heaney was born in Gateshead in 1921, father James, mother Ellen (nee Fraser) and that he was a resident of Gateshead at the time of his death. Commemorated Column 91, DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
Source table 1TS
