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Personnel Entry

Pte W Furlong's CWGC headstone.

Name Furlong William
Army number 4457182
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1920/21.
Age 20 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but probably Spring/Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion DLI. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- R. Casualties.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 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 Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 6, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. His headstone inscription reads : HIS HEART FOR HIS HOME, HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY.
Home address Son of Charles and Annie Furlong, Jarrow. Bill's brother - Frederick - was taken Prisoner at the same time as he was killed in action, a double blow for their family and their community.
Source table 1TS

Private Bill Furlong 1st Tyneside Scottish