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|Army number=4455884
 
|Army number=4455884
 
|Rank=Pte
 
|Rank=Pte
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|Date of birth=Born 1914/15.
 
|Age=25
 
|Age=25
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, Now known to have been KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Authority:- L. Casualty.
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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, 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
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|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
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|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.
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|Image Name=Ross_A_4455884.JPG
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|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

Pte A Ross' CWGC headstone.
Pte A Ross' CWGC headstone.

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