Taylor James Pte 4459428
Personnel Entry
Name Taylor James
Army number 4459428
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1916/17.
Age 23 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but probably Summer/Autumn 1939. Posted ? 9th Battalion. Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI 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. Previously reported missing 21/5/40, now presumed KILLED in ACTION on or shortly after 20/5/40, Authority CAS/BW/6/ Serial No. 778 dated 31/8/45, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed but possibly 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. No known grave. Commemorated Column 91, DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
Home address Son of James Gardner and Ethel Amy Taylor, St Anthony's, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
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