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|Army number=4455884 | |Army number=4455884 | ||
|Rank=Pte | |Rank=Pte | ||
|Date of birth=Born 1914/15. | |||
|Age=25 | |Age=25 | ||
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, | |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 1 TS. Served BEF. Now known to have been KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Authority:- L. Casualty. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40 | |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40. | |||
|Home address=Son of Mrs E M Ross, Low Team, Gateshead. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 8, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux. | |Home address=Son of Mrs E M Ross, Low Team, Gateshead. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 8, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux. | ||
|Image Name=Ross_A_4455884.JPG | |||
|Image Title=Pte A Ross' CWGC headstone. | |||
|Source table=1TS | |Source table=1TS | ||
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Revision as of 16:07, 22 November 2016
Personnel Entry
Name Ross Alexander
Army number 4455884
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1914/15.
Age 25
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 1 TS. Served BEF. Now known to have been KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Authority:- L. Casualty.
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 Mrs E M Ross, Low Team, Gateshead. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 8, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
Source table 1TS