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|Army number=4454568 | |Army number=4454568 | ||
|Rank=Pte | |Rank=Pte | ||
|Date of birth=Born 1920/21. | |||
|Age=19 | |Age=19 | ||
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, | |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early 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. Previously reported missing, now known to be KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 Category B, Authority Casualty L while with 1st Tyneside Scottish. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40 | |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40. | |||
|Source table=1TS | |Source table=1TS | ||
|Home address=Research suggests Pte Heaney was born in Gateshead in 1921, father James, mother Ellen (nee Fraser) and that he was a resident of Gateshead at the time of his death. Commemorated Column 91, Dunkirk Memorial. | |Home address=Research suggests Pte Heaney was born in Gateshead in 1921, father James, mother Ellen (nee Fraser) and that he was a resident of Gateshead at the time of his death. Commemorated Column 91, Dunkirk Memorial. | ||
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Revision as of 19:14, 30 November 2016
Personnel Entry
Name Heaney William
Army number 4454568
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1920/21.
Age 19
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early 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. Previously reported missing, now known to be KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 Category B, Authority Casualty L while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
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 Research suggests Pte Heaney was born in Gateshead in 1921, father James, mother Ellen (nee Fraser) and that he was a resident of Gateshead at the time of his death. Commemorated Column 91, Dunkirk Memorial.
Source table 1TS
