Welsh Robert Pte 4454415
Personnel Entry
Name Welsh Robert
Army number 4454415
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number implies early 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the 12th Battalion? Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.? Transferred to the Seaorth Highlanders 24/8/41, and posted to the 8th Home Defence Battalion. Auth: Pt II Orders 8/79/41, E Sea/3/97. Transferred back to the Black Watch and re-posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Wounded. Posted to the ? Battalion, Black Watch. Returned to the UK. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 20/7/46.
Company/Battery Company not known.
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 Yes - reported wounded, N W Europe while serving with 1st Tyneside Scottish June 1944.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address No family details as yet.
Source table 1TS
