Witherspoon John William Cpl 4454653
Personnel Entry
Name Witherspoon John William
Army number 4454653
Rank Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth 13/8/1920
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 20/4/1939. Posted ? 8th Bn DLI. Embodied 1/9/1939. Posted 11th Battalion DLI (probably 1/9/1939). Served B.E.F.? Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Posted ? Bn DLI on Brigade disbandment. Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 28/9/44, documents to Hastings 24/10/44. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 16/6/1946.
Company/Battery Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifle Section Commander.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond Corporal.
Wounded Yes - reported wounded N W Europe 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 information as yet.
Source table 11DLI
Genealogical research has not yet been able to definitively identify this man - no trace yet of a birth date which matches that included on Army records, which prevents specific identification of death or marriage - for which there are several examples with the same name in the area.
