Laing James Bell Pte 4459394
Personnel Entry
Name Laing James Bell
Army number 4459394
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth 14/1/1918
Age 77 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 17/1/1940. Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Taken Prisoner of War - date not recorded but probably on or shortly after 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Battalion Black Watch. Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 13/9/45, W8/81/45. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 23/8/1946. RASC/ACC P/59 BX5.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman or possibly Storeman.
Joined Brigade 17/1/1940.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag 9C, PoW Number 48725.
Died/Killed in action Death registered July 1995, aged 77, in South Shields.
Home address Son of James Henry and Ada Laing. In 1947 he was living at 73, Green's Place, South Shields. Married Margaret A. Stanley in South Shields Q4, 1947.
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