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|Army number=4456297 | |Army number=4456297 | ||
|Rank=Pte | |Rank=Pte | ||
|Date of birth=Born 1907/08. | |||
|Age=32 | |Age=32 | ||
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, | |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but probably Summer 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. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40 | |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40. | |||
|Home address=Son of George and Eliza Straughan, Gateshead. Buried Grave 13, Mercatel Communal Cemetery. | |Home address=Son of George and Eliza Straughan, Gateshead. Buried Grave 13, Mercatel Communal Cemetery. | ||
|Image Name=Straughan_G_4456297_1_TS.JPG | |||
|Image Title=Pte G Straughan's CWGC headstone. | |||
|Source table=1TS | |Source table=1TS | ||
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Revision as of 12:53, 28 November 2016
Personnel Entry
Name Straughan George
Army number 4456297
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1907/08.
Age 32
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but probably Summer 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. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40.
Home address Son of George and Eliza Straughan, Gateshead. Buried Grave 13, Mercatel Communal Cemetery.
Source table 1TS