Ross Norman Cpl 4439816
Personnel Entry
Name Ross Norman
Army number 4439816
Rank Corporal
Decorations
Date of birth 22/9/1902 at Burnopfield. Birth registered in Gateshead.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Attested 1/12/21 in the Territorial Army for 4 yrs. Paper maker aged 19, born Gateshead. Enlisted in the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry. Discharged 30/11/25 on the completion of his engagement. May have re-enlisted to make a total of eight years served (to be confirmed). Re-enlisted on 5/5/39 in the 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry. ? Posted to 12th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, and posted to 1st Battalion Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Captured as a Prisoner of War at FICHEUX on 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK - date not yet known. Posted ? Battalion of the Black Watch on repatriation. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 8/1/46.
Company/Battery C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Probably Infantry Section Commander.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions Corporal.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Stalags XXA, XXB and IVB together with Camp 357, PoW Number 10349. Held in Stalag XXA from 10/6/1940. Transferred to Stalag XXB on 24/10/1941. Transferred back to Stalag XXA on 13/1/1944. Transferred to Stalag 357 on 18/5/1944, arriving on 22/5/1944. Transferred to Stalag IVB on 6/12/1944.
Died/Killed in action
Home address Father - A.T.C.Ross, 39, Bensham Terrace, Gateshead.
Source table 1TS
The researcher is grateful to Michelle Lewis for additional information detail, now incorporated above.
In addition Michelle traced the following documents pertaining to Corporal Ross and they are included below:-
It is not known which of the men depicted is Corporal Ross.
