Williamson Henry Pte 2759600
Personnel Entry
Name Williamson Henry
Army number 2759600
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 Black Watch - date not yet known but after 1/2/1940 - and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War - probably on or about 20/5/1940. (The "missing" exercise shoes 22/5/1942, but this may have been the formal notification date.) Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Battalion Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Reserve 23/9/46.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Not yet known, but after 1/2/1940.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag XXB, PoW Number 5911.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address c/o Mrs Gilchrist, Edderston Farm, Peebles. No family information as yet.
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