Robinson James Burton L /Cpl (Pte) 4457993
Personnel Entry
Name Robinson James Burton
Army number 4457993
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Spring/Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 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. Taken Prisoner of War at Ficheux 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 14/5/46.
Company/Battery D 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 Yes - Stalag 20B. PoW Number 5905.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 10, Cleveland Avenue, Trimdon Village.
Source table 1TS
