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|Surname and forenames=Scott William Joseph
|Surname and forenames=Scott William Joseph
|Army number=4456750
|Army number=4456750
|Rank=Pte
|Rank=Private.
|Date of birth=Born 1919/20.
|Date of birth=Born 1919/20.
|Age=20
|Age=20 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Spring/Summer 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.  DIED 20/5/40.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  DIED 20/5/40.  Annotations to the file for the War Office "missing" exercise in 1942/3 suggest he was KILLED in ACTION.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Company/Battery=C 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.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED on 20/5/1940 - possibly KILLED in ACTION.  No known grave.  Commemorated Column 91, [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]].
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
|Home address=Son of Robert and Catherine Scott.   
|Home address=Son of Robert and Catherine Scott.  Commemorated Column 91, [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]].
|Source table=1TS
|Source table=1TS
}}
}}


[[File:Dunkirk_Memorial.jpg|400px/thumb|centre|Dunkirk Memorial]]
[[File:Dunkirk_Memorial.jpg|400px/thumb|centre|Dunkirk Memorial]]

Revision as of 15:57, 17 December 2021

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Name Scott William Joseph
Army number 4456750
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1919/20.
Age 20 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Spring/Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion DLI. Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. DIED 20/5/40. Annotations to the file for the War Office "missing" exercise in 1942/3 suggest he was KILLED in ACTION.
Company/Battery C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action DIED on 20/5/1940 - possibly KILLED in ACTION. No known grave. Commemorated Column 91, DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
Home address Son of Robert and Catherine Scott.
Source table 1TS

Dunkirk Memorial
Dunkirk Memorial