Difference between revisions of "Blackett Douglas 2/Lt 92758"
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|Rank=2/Lt | |Rank=2/Lt | ||
|Decorations=M.i.D. 14/2/1946, TD & clasp 21/4/1950 | |Decorations=M.i.D. 14/2/1946, TD & clasp 21/4/1950 | ||
| − | |Date of birth=1/1/1917. | + | |Date of birth=1/1/1917. Birth registered 1917, Newcastle upon Tyne. Mother's maiden surname Rutherford. |
|Age=0 | |Age=0 | ||
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as a 2/Lt 22/1/1938. Posted to 8th Bn DLI? Posted to the 11th Bn DLI on embodiment 24/8/1939. Served B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War. Member of TARO (DLI) Captain (Hon Major) 1/9/1948. Ceased to be a member of TARO 1/1/1967. | |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as a 2/Lt 22/1/1938. Posted to 8th Bn DLI? Posted to the 11th Bn DLI on embodiment 24/8/1939. Served B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War. Member of TARO (DLI) Captain (Hon Major) 1/9/1948. Ceased to be a member of TARO 1/1/1967. | ||
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|Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39. | |Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39. | ||
|Promotions=A/Capt. T/Captain 1/2/1940. | |Promotions=A/Capt. T/Captain 1/2/1940. | ||
| − | |Prisoner of War=Camp O6B/O7B. Prisoner number 211. | + | |Prisoner of War=Camp O6B/O7B Eichstatt, Bavaria. Prisoner number 211. |
| − | |Date of death= | + | |Date of death=Death registered August 1998, Camden, London. |
| − | |Home address=Educated Rutherford College and Durham University. | + | |Home address=Educated Rutherford College and Durham University. Married Margaret Anne Robson (1913 - 1989). |
|Source table=11DLI | |Source table=11DLI | ||
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| − | Searches produced access to a considerable volume of family history contained on a Website on "The Blacketts of North East England". Captain Douglas Blackett's entry can be found [https://www.theblacketts.com/articles/109-douglas-blackett-by-miff-crommelin here]. Access to this material is gratefully acknowledged and thanks are extended for the additional family information contained therein. | + | Searches produced access to a considerable volume of family history contained on a Website on "The Blacketts of North East England". Captain Douglas Blackett's entry can be found [https://www.theblacketts.com/articles/109-douglas-blackett-by-miff-crommelin here]. Access to this material is gratefully acknowledged and thanks are extended for the additional family information contained therein, including the invaluable photographs. |
Revision as of 10:40, 21 October 2018
Personnel Entry
Name Blackett Douglas
Army number 92758
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations M.i.D. 14/2/1946, TD & clasp 21/4/1950
Date of birth 1/1/1917. Birth registered 1917, Newcastle upon Tyne. Mother's maiden surname Rutherford.
Age 0
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as a 2/Lt 22/1/1938. Posted to 8th Bn DLI? Posted to the 11th Bn DLI on embodiment 24/8/1939. Served B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War. Member of TARO (DLI) Captain (Hon Major) 1/9/1948. Ceased to be a member of TARO 1/1/1967.
Company/Battery C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 01-Sep-39.
Promotions A/Capt. T/Captain 1/2/1940.
Wounded
Prisoner of War Camp O6B/O7B Eichstatt, Bavaria. Prisoner number 211.
Died/Killed in action
Home address Educated Rutherford College and Durham University. Married Margaret Anne Robson (1913 - 1989).
Source table 11DLI
Searches produced access to a considerable volume of family history contained on a Website on "The Blacketts of North East England". Captain Douglas Blackett's entry can be found here. Access to this material is gratefully acknowledged and thanks are extended for the additional family information contained therein, including the invaluable photographs.
