Ousby Henry Pte 4454208

Personnel Entry

Pte H Ousby's CWGC headstone.

Name Ousby Henry
Army number 4454208
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1919/20.
Age 20 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date yet, but probably early 1939. Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI. Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. KILLED in ACTION Category B 20/5/40, Authority L Casualty.
Company/Battery C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. Buried Plot 8. Row G. Grave 1. BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. His headstone inscription reads : SERVANT OF GOD, WELL DONE.
Home address Son of Septimus and Elizabeth Ousby, Gateshead.
Source table 1TS