Difference between revisions of "Mackell Joseph Pte 4456053"
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|Home address=Son of Thomas and Mary Mackell, Husband of Elizabeth Mackell, Gateshead. | |Home address=Son of Thomas and Mary Mackell, Husband of Elizabeth Mackell, Gateshead. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:38, 9 March 2022
Personnel Entry
Name Mackell Joseph
Army number 4456053
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1904/05.
Age 35 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but his number suggests Spring 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. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40. Buried Grave 6, MERCATEL CEMETERY. No headstone inscription.
Home address Son of Thomas and Mary Mackell, Husband of Elizabeth Mackell, Gateshead.
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