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|Surname and forenames=Richardson Robert Starkie
 
|Surname and forenames=Richardson Robert Starkie
 
|Army number=4454418
 
|Army number=4454418
|Rank=Pte
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|Rank=Private.
 
|Date of birth=Born 1918/19.
 
|Date of birth=Born 1918/19.
|Age=21
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|Age=21 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but probably 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.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION between 29th and 30th May 1940 with B.E.F., Serial No. 516 9/10/44, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
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|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but probably early 1939.  Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted ? 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.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION between 29th and 30th May 1940 with the B.E.F., Serial No. 516 9/10/44, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
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|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Died/Killed in action=29-May-40.
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|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
|Home address=Adopted son and nephew of Sarah A Buchanan, Blaydon. Death may have occurred up to 30 5 1940.  Commemorated Column 91, Dunkirk Memorial.
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|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
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|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
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|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
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|Promotions=None known.
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|Wounded=Not yet known.
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|Died/Killed in action=Presumed to have been KILLED in ACTION between 29-May-40 and 30/5/1940.  No known grave.  Commemorated Column 91, [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]].
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|Home address=Adopted son, and nephew, of Sarah A Buchanan, Blaydon.  
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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}}
  
 
[[File:Dunkirk_Memorial.jpg|400px/thumb|centre|Dunkirk Memorial]]
 
[[File:Dunkirk_Memorial.jpg|400px/thumb|centre|Dunkirk Memorial]]

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Name Richardson Robert Starkie
Army number 4454418
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1918/19.
Age 21 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but probably early 1939. Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI. Posted ? 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. Presumed KILLED in ACTION between 29th and 30th May 1940 with the B.E.F., Serial No. 516 9/10/44, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
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
Died/Killed in action Presumed to have been KILLED in ACTION between 29-May-40 and 30/5/1940. No known grave. Commemorated Column 91, DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
Home address Adopted son, and nephew, of Sarah A Buchanan, Blaydon.
Source table 1TS

Dunkirk Memorial