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|Surname and forenames=Whaley Leslie
 
|Surname and forenames=Whaley Leslie
 
|Army number=4455904
 
|Army number=4455904
|Rank=Pte
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|Rank=Private.
 
|Date of birth=Born 1915/16.
 
|Date of birth=Born 1915/16.
|Age=24
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|Age=24 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served BEF.  Presumed to have DIED of WOUNDS 20/5/40 while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
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|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 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.  Presumed to have DIED of WOUNDS 20/5/40 while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
 
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
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|Company/Battery=A Company.
 
|Wounded=Yes - probably 20/5/1940.
 
|Wounded=Yes - probably 20/5/1940.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  Commemorated Column 91, [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]].
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|Died/Killed in action=DIED of WOUNDS 20-May-40.  No known grave.  Commemorated Column 91, [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]].
 
|Home address=Son of Jane Anne Whaley, Gateshead.  Lived at 3, Upperhill Street, Gateshead.   
 
|Home address=Son of Jane Anne Whaley, Gateshead.  Lived at 3, Upperhill Street, Gateshead.   
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS

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Name Whaley Leslie
Army number 4455904
Rank Private.
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1915/16.
Age 24 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 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. Presumed to have DIED of WOUNDS 20/5/40 while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
Company/Battery A Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded Yes - probably 20/5/1940.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action DIED of WOUNDS 20-May-40. No known grave. Commemorated Column 91, DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
Home address Son of Jane Anne Whaley, Gateshead. Lived at 3, Upperhill Street, Gateshead.
Source table 1TS

Dunkirk Memorial