Costar Herbert Corporal 4454611
Personnel Entry
Name Costar Herbert
Army number 4454611
Rank Corporal.
Decorations None yet known beyond service medals.
Date of birth Born 5/10/1915 at Ferryhill. Birth registered Q4 1915 Sedgefield.
Age 80 at the time of his death66.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry (TA) - date not yet known. Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted to 10th Battalion DLI - probably on 1/9/1939. Served B.E.F.? Served Iceland ? Transferred to Royal Electrical amd Mechanical Engineers 18/11/1943. Documents to Leicester 31/12/1943.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade Not yet known accurately but probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions No details yet.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died 20/9/1996 and was cremated at Durham Crematorium.
Home address Father - Frank Costar, mother - Ada Foster. Married Elizabeth Bradley in April 1938 in Durham.
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