Difference between revisions of "Roberts Samuel Pte 4457145"
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|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet but probably late 1939. Underwent Basic Training at the Primary Training Centre. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F> Served Iceland. Served Normandy? Transferred to the Kings Regiment 1/9/44 on the disbanding of the Brigade. Docs to Preston 13/10/44. Enlistment Book entry unable to be traced in the King's Regiment books. | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet but probably late 1939. Underwent Basic Training at the Primary Training Centre. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F> Served Iceland. Served Normandy? Transferred to the Kings Regiment 1/9/44 on the disbanding of the Brigade. Docs to Preston 13/10/44. Enlistment Book entry unable to be traced in the King's Regiment books. | ||
|Joined Brigade=Exact date not yet known. | |Joined Brigade=Exact date not yet known. | ||
| − | |Died/Killed in action=Killed in a mining accident at the East Pit, Horden, on 13/12/1950. | + | |Died/Killed in action=Killed in a mining accident at the East Pit, Horden, on 13/12/1950. Aged 31 (32?), Engineman, he was an engineman employed to draw tubs of coal from the face; he was killed instantly when he was crushed between the loco and closed steel doors he was trying to open. (We are grateful to the Durham Mining Museum for the additional information). |
|Home address=Lived at 19, Woodlands Avenue, Horden, County Durham. | |Home address=Lived at 19, Woodlands Avenue, Horden, County Durham. | ||
|Source table=11DLI | |Source table=11DLI | ||
Latest revision as of 16:21, 20 December 2024
Personnel Entry
Name Roberts Samuel
Army number 4457145
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth 7/4/1918.
Age 32 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet but probably late 1939. Underwent Basic Training at the Primary Training Centre. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F> Served Iceland. Served Normandy? Transferred to the Kings Regiment 1/9/44 on the disbanding of the Brigade. Docs to Preston 13/10/44. Enlistment Book entry unable to be traced in the King's Regiment books.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Exact date not yet known.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Killed in a mining accident at the East Pit, Horden, on 13/12/1950. Aged 31 (32?), Engineman, he was an engineman employed to draw tubs of coal from the face; he was killed instantly when he was crushed between the loco and closed steel doors he was trying to open. (We are grateful to the Durham Mining Museum for the additional information).
Home address Lived at 19, Woodlands Avenue, Horden, County Durham.
Source table 11DLI
