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|Army number=4450826 | |Army number=4450826 | ||
|Rank=Acting Sergeant. | |Rank=Acting Sergeant. | ||
| − | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 1938. Posted ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted 10th Battalion DLI, probably 1/9/1939 on embodiment. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Reported missing. Known to have been taken Prisoner of War - probably on 20/5/1940 - official notification received 10/8/1940. | + | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 1938. Posted ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted 10th Battalion DLI, probably 1/9/1939 on embodiment. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Reported missing. Known to have been taken Prisoner of War - probably on 20/5/1940 - official notification received 10/8/1940. Repatriated early to the UK - probably due to illness. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 8/12/1944 as unfit for further service. |
| − | |Decorations= | + | |Decorations=Service Awards, together with the posthumous award of the Territorial Efficiency Medal on 30/6/1945. |
| − | |Date of birth= | + | |Date of birth=Born 1902. Birth registered Q4 1902. |
| − | |Age= | + | |Age=42 at the time of his death. |
| − | |Company/Battery=Company | + | |Company/Battery=Company not yet ascertained. |
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | ||
|Task or role=Not known but probably Platoon Sergeant. | |Task or role=Not known but probably Platoon Sergeant. | ||
| − | |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939. | + | |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939. |
|Promotions=None known beyond Sergeant. | |Promotions=None known beyond Sergeant. | ||
| − | |Wounded=Not yet known. | + | |Wounded=Not yet known. No PoW Questionnaire appears to have been completed so it is not known whether he was wounded before capture or became ill subsequently. |
| − | |Died/Killed in action= | + | |Died/Killed in action=Died 1/3/1945 aged 42. Buried in Crook Roman Catholic Cemetery - Grave 205. Headstone inscription reads "WHERE MY TREASURE IS, THERE WILL MY HEART BE ALSO.REST IN PEACE, DEAR ONE". |
| − | |Home address= | + | |Home address=Father Gilbert Martin Peart, mother Jane Peart. Married Catherine Cairns on 17/1/1925. At the time of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses he was living with his family at 34 Wheat Bottom, Helmington Row, Crook. After his marriage he lived at 73 Wheat Bottom, Crook. |
|Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag 20A (7), PoW Number 18685. | |Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag 20A (7), PoW Number 18685. | ||
|Source table=10DLI | |Source table=10DLI | ||
| + | |Image Name=4450826_Jackson_Peart_10_DLI.jpg | ||
| + | |Image Title=Sergeant Jackson Peart, 10th DLI. | ||
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| + | [[File:Screenshot_2025-08-17_174803.jpg|600px|thumb|left|Press cutting reporting Sgt Peart's capture]] | ||
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| + | [[File:Peart_jackson_SON_OF_MARTIN_AND_JANE_PEART,_OF_WHEAT_BOTTOM;_HUSBAND_OF_CATHERINE_PEART,_OF_WHEAT_BOTTOM.jpg|600px|thumb|right|Sgt Peart's CWGC headstone in Crook R.C. Cemetery]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:14, 19 August 2025
Personnel Entry
Name Peart Jackson
Army number 4450826
Rank Acting Sergeant.
Decorations Service Awards, together with the posthumous award of the Territorial Efficiency Medal on 30/6/1945.
Date of birth Born 1902. Birth registered Q4 1902.
Age 42 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 1938. Posted ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted 10th Battalion DLI, probably 1/9/1939 on embodiment. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Reported missing. Known to have been taken Prisoner of War - probably on 20/5/1940 - official notification received 10/8/1940. Repatriated early to the UK - probably due to illness. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 8/12/1944 as unfit for further service.
Company/Battery Company not yet ascertained.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Platoon Sergeant.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond Sergeant.
Wounded Not yet known. No PoW Questionnaire appears to have been completed so it is not known whether he was wounded before capture or became ill subsequently.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag 20A (7), PoW Number 18685.
Died/Killed in action Died 1/3/1945 aged 42. Buried in Crook Roman Catholic Cemetery - Grave 205. Headstone inscription reads "WHERE MY TREASURE IS, THERE WILL MY HEART BE ALSO.REST IN PEACE, DEAR ONE".
Home address Father Gilbert Martin Peart, mother Jane Peart. Married Catherine Cairns on 17/1/1925. At the time of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses he was living with his family at 34 Wheat Bottom, Helmington Row, Crook. After his marriage he lived at 73 Wheat Bottom, Crook.
Source table 10DLI
