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|Surname and forenames=Furlong William
|Surname and forenames=Furlong William
|Army number=4457182
|Army number=4457182
|Rank=Pte
|Rank=Private.
|Date of birth=Born 1920/21.
|Date of birth=Born 1920/21.
|Age=20
|Age=20 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but possibly late 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.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- R. Casualties.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but probably Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- R. Casualties.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Company/Battery=HQ 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.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 6, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux. His headstone inscription reads : HIS HEART FOR HIS HOME, HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY.
|Home address=Son of Charles and Annie Furlong, Jarrow.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 6, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
|Home address=Son of Charles and Annie Furlong, Jarrow. 
|Image Name=Furlong_W_4457182.JPG
|Image Name=Furlong_W_4457182.JPG
|Image Title=Pte W Furlong's CWGC headstone.
|Image Title=Pte W Furlong's CWGC headstone.
|Source table=1TS
|Source table=1TS
}}
}}

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Personnel Entry

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Pte W Furlong's CWGC headstone.

Name Furlong William
Army number 4457182
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1920/21.
Age 20 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but probably Spring/Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion DLI. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- R. Casualties.
Company/Battery HQ 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 KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 6, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. His headstone inscription reads : HIS HEART FOR HIS HOME, HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY.
Home address Son of Charles and Annie Furlong, Jarrow.
Source table 1TS

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