Difference between revisions of "Woof David Pte 4454585"
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|Rank=Private. | |Rank=Private. | ||
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably early 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 1/9/1939. | |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably early 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 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.? Served Iceland? Served Normandy? Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 24/8/44, Auth: Part II Order TS 91/44. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 21/3/1946. | |
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. | |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. | ||
| − | |Date of birth= | + | |Date of birth=3/4/1916 Gateshead. Mother's maiden surname Anderson. |
| − | |Age= | + | |Age=At the time of his death 81. |
|Company/Battery=A Company. | |Company/Battery=A Company. | ||
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not known. | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not known. | ||
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|Wounded=Not known. | |Wounded=Not known. | ||
|Prisoner of War=No. | |Prisoner of War=No. | ||
| − | |Home address=63, Regent St. Gateshead. | + | |Died/Killed in action=Death registered April 1997 in Gateshead, aged 81. |
| + | |Home address=Married Elizabeth Earl July 1937, Gateshead. In the 1939 General Register he is shown as living at 63, Regent St. Gateshead with his wife, Elizabeth, and working as a Carriage Cleaner. His entry is annotated with his Regimental Number and membership of the Tyneside Scottish. It is not clear why, at the date of the Register (29/9/1939), he was present at home and not already called up and mobilised. His Service Record should explain this. | ||
|Source table=1TS | |Source table=1TS | ||
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| − | + | In the War Office 1942 "missing" exercise it was claimed that no trace could be found of Private Woof. The limited information in the Black Watch Enlistment Books is summarised above and makes no mention of him having been a PoW, unlike so many of his comrades. Help from the family is required, together with the details from his Service Record in order to clarify his military history. He is not mentioned in the Battalion War Diary so much of the information above is speculation. His transfer to the Argylls may have been at the disbandment of the 1st Tyneside Scottish - he appears in a key Part 2 Order from the Battalion - which reinforces the assumption that he was serving in Normandy and would have participated in the Rauray battle. | |
Latest revision as of 12:09, 16 November 2021
Personnel Entry
Name Woof David
Army number 4454585
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth 3/4/1916 Gateshead. Mother's maiden surname Anderson.
Age At the time of his death 81.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably early 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 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.? Served Iceland? Served Normandy? Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 24/8/44, Auth: Part II Order TS 91/44. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 21/3/1946.
Company/Battery A Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not known.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Death registered April 1997 in Gateshead, aged 81.
Home address Married Elizabeth Earl July 1937, Gateshead. In the 1939 General Register he is shown as living at 63, Regent St. Gateshead with his wife, Elizabeth, and working as a Carriage Cleaner. His entry is annotated with his Regimental Number and membership of the Tyneside Scottish. It is not clear why, at the date of the Register (29/9/1939), he was present at home and not already called up and mobilised. His Service Record should explain this.
Source table 1TS
In the War Office 1942 "missing" exercise it was claimed that no trace could be found of Private Woof. The limited information in the Black Watch Enlistment Books is summarised above and makes no mention of him having been a PoW, unlike so many of his comrades. Help from the family is required, together with the details from his Service Record in order to clarify his military history. He is not mentioned in the Battalion War Diary so much of the information above is speculation. His transfer to the Argylls may have been at the disbandment of the 1st Tyneside Scottish - he appears in a key Part 2 Order from the Battalion - which reinforces the assumption that he was serving in Normandy and would have participated in the Rauray battle.
