Ross Alexander Pte 4455884

Personnel Entry

Pte A Ross' CWGC headstone.

Name Ross Alexander
Army number 4455884
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1914/15.
Age 25 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Reported missing - see newspaper article below. Now known to have been KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Authority:- L. Casualty.
Company/Battery B Company.
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 Not yet known.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40 at Ficheux. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 8, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. His headstone has no inscription, other than "Buried near this spot".
Home address Son of Mrs E M Ross, Low Team, Gateshead. Lived at 13 Upton Street, Gateshead.
Source table 1TS

A local newspaper article relating to Private Ross is set out below:-

Local newspaper article - exact date not yet known