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|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
|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 CEMETERY]].
|Image Name=Straughan_G_4456297_1_TS.JPG
|Image Name=Straughan_G_4456297_1_TS.JPG
|Image Title=Pte G Straughan's CWGC headstone.
|Image Title=Pte G Straughan's CWGC headstone.
|Source table=1TS
|Source table=1TS
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Latest revision as of 16:14, 21 April 2018

Personnel Entry

Pte G Straughan's CWGC headstone.
Pte G Straughan's CWGC headstone.

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 CEMETERY.
Source table 1TS