Davidson John Henry Forster Pte 4457171

Personnel Entry

Private john Henry Foster Davidson 1st Tyneside Scottish.

Name Davidson John Henry Forster
Army number 4457171
Rank Private.
Decorations None known other than Service Awards.
Date of birth 8/2/1919.
Age 86 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, Territorial Army, no exact enlistment date known, but his Regimental Number suggests Spring 1939. Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI. Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Servied with the B.E.F. in France. Taken Prisoner of War - on 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and posted to the 11th Battalion. Transferred to the Royal Engineers 21/6/45, Authority: Part II Order 11 A & S H/41/45. Royal Engineers Enlistment Books destroyed, so not yet able to determine date of release from Army Service.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not yet known but possibly Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag 20B, PoW Number 6960.
Died/Killed in action Died 11/9/2005 in North Tyneside - registered September 2005.
Home address Mother - Mrs Martha Davidson. Lived at 851, Walker Rd. Newcastle upon Tyne. Marriage not yet definitively identified - due to this being a common name locally.
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