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Latest revision as of 13:30, 10 June 2025
Personnel Entry
Name Buckton Richard Armstrong
Army number 4453059.
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry as a Regular soldier 18/10/1938. Posted to the ?th Battalion. Posted to the 10th Battalion - possibly 1/9/1939. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Transferred to the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 27/11/1944 - documents to Section 25/1/1945. Returned to the UK? Demobilised?
Company/Battery Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Possibly 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes - reported wounded circa July 1944.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address No family information as yet.
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