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|Surname and forenames=Reid Harold Eskdale | |Surname and forenames=Reid Harold Eskdale | ||
|Army number=2759856 | |Army number=2759856 | ||
| − | |Rank= | + | |Rank=Private |
| − | |Age=20 | + | |Date of birth=Born 1919/20. |
| − | |Unit= | + | |Age=20 at the time of his death. |
| − | |Died/Killed in action=20 | + | |Unit=Enlisted in the Black Watch, no date known as yet. Posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/42 (believed to be misprint in Enlistment Book - should read 1940), Authority:- L. Casualties. |
| − | |Home address=Son of James and Ellen Reid, Whitley Bay. | + | |Company/Battery=A Company. |
| + | |Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed. | ||
| + | |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40 at Ficheux. | ||
| + | |Home address=Son of James and Ellen Reid, Whitley Bay, Northumberland. Buried Plot 8. Row E. Grave 9. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux. Headstone inscription reads: UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. No details yet available on initial interment. | ||
| + | |Image Name=Reid_H_E_2759856.JPG | ||
| + | |Image Title=Pte H E Reid's CWGC headstone. | ||
|Source table=1TS | |Source table=1TS | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:57, 15 November 2021
Personnel Entry
Name Reid Harold Eskdale
Army number 2759856
Rank Private
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1919/20.
Age 20 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Black Watch, no date known as yet. Posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/42 (believed to be misprint in Enlistment Book - should read 1940), Authority:- L. Casualties.
Company/Battery A Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40 at Ficheux.
Home address Son of James and Ellen Reid, Whitley Bay, Northumberland. Buried Plot 8. Row E. Grave 9. BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. Headstone inscription reads: UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. No details yet available on initial interment.
Source table 1TS
