Hind William Armstrong Pte 4456638
Personnel Entry
Name Hind William Armstrong
Army number 4456638
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1919/20.
Age 20 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Spring 1939. Posted to the ?9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI 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. DIED of WOUNDS on or shortly after 20/5/40, previously having been reported missing 21/5/40, Authority R.Casualty.
Company/Battery HQ 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 Yes - probably on 20/5/1940 - wounds from which he subsequently died.
Prisoner of War Possibly he was captured after being wounded, but did not survive long enough to be documented as a Prisoner of War.
Died/Killed in action DIED of WOUNDS on or shortly after 20-May-40. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 1, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. His headstone inscription reads : AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM.
Home address Son of Robert William and Theresa Hind, Horsley, Northumberland.
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