Difference between revisions of "Scott William Joseph Pte 4456750"
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|Promotions=None known. | |Promotions=None known. | ||
|Wounded=Not yet known. | |Wounded=Not yet known. | ||
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|Died/Killed in action=DIED on 20/5/1940 - possibly KILLED in ACTION. No known grave. Commemorated Column 91, [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]]. | |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. | ||
Revision as of 15:57, 17 December 2021
Personnel Entry
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 Not as far as is known.
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
