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|Rank=Pte
|Rank=Pte
|Date of birth=Born 1917/18.
|Date of birth=Born 1917/18.
|Age=22
|Age=22 at the time of his death.
|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.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Authority:- WOL/SS/M/V/Casualty dated 3/5/43.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Spring /Summer 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the BEF in Northern France.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Authority:- WOL/SS/M/V/Casualty dated 3/5/43.
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
|Company/Battery=B Company.
|Home address=Son of James Watson and Miriam Moulding, Hexham.  Buried Grave 14, Mercatel Communal Cemetery.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not yet known.
|Prisoner of War=No.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Grave 14,  [[MERCATEL CEMETERY]].  His headstone inscription reads : O DEATH, WHERE IS THY STING? O GRAVE, WHERE IS THY VICTORY?
|Home address=Son of James Watson and Miriam Moulding, Hexham, Northumberland.   
|Image Name=Moulding_J_W_4459400_1_TS.JPG
|Image Name=Moulding_J_W_4459400_1_TS.JPG
|Image Title=Pte J W Moulding's CWGC headstone.
|Image Title=Pte J W Moulding's CWGC headstone.
|Source table=1TS
|Source table=1TS
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 12:56, 7 December 2021

Personnel Entry

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Pte J W Moulding's CWGC headstone.

Name Moulding James Watson
Army number 4459400
Rank Pte
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1917/18.
Age 22 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Spring /Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the BEF in Northern France. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Authority:- WOL/SS/M/V/Casualty dated 3/5/43.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. Buried Grave 14, MERCATEL CEMETERY. His headstone inscription reads : O DEATH, WHERE IS THY STING? O GRAVE, WHERE IS THY VICTORY?
Home address Son of James Watson and Miriam Moulding, Hexham, Northumberland.
Source table 1TS

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