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|Decorations=None yet known beyond service medals. | |Decorations=None yet known beyond service medals. | ||
|Date of birth= | |Date of birth=Born 5/10/1915 at Ferryhill. Birth registered Q4 1915 Sedgefield. | ||
|Age= | |Age=80 at the time of his death66. | ||
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry (TA) - date not yet known. Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI. | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry (TA) - date not yet known. Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted to 10th Battalion DLI - probably on 1/9/1939. Served B.E.F.? Served Iceland ? Transferred to Royal Electrical amd Mechanical Engineers 18/11/1943. Documents to Leicester 31/12/1943. | ||
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|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed. | |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed. | ||
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|Wounded=Not as far as is known. | |Wounded=Not as far as is known. | ||
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known. | |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known. | ||
|Died/Killed in action= | |Died/Killed in action=Died 20/9/1996 and was cremated at Durham Crematorium. | ||
|Home address= | |Home address=Father - Frank Costar, mother - Ada Foster. Married Elizabeth Bradley in April 1938 in Durham. | ||
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Personnel Entry
Name Costar Herbert
Army number 4454611
Rank Corporal.
Decorations None yet known beyond service medals.
Date of birth Born 5/10/1915 at Ferryhill. Birth registered Q4 1915 Sedgefield.
Age 80 at the time of his death66.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry (TA) - date not yet known. Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted to 10th Battalion DLI - probably on 1/9/1939. Served B.E.F.? Served Iceland ? Transferred to Royal Electrical amd Mechanical Engineers 18/11/1943. Documents to Leicester 31/12/1943.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade Not yet known accurately but probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions No details yet.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died 20/9/1996 and was cremated at Durham Crematorium.
Home address Father - Frank Costar, mother - Ada Foster. Married Elizabeth Bradley in April 1938 in Durham.
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