Barnett John Angus Pte 3312371

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Name Barnett John Angus
Army number 3312371
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 25 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Highland Light Infantry, T, and posted to the 9th Battalion HLI. Discharged under TA Regulations Para 204 (1) 8/4/1934. Re-enlisted in the Black Watch 28/2/1940, Black Watch Book 358/5/32, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F> in Northern France. DIED 30/5/40, Cambrai, France.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known but possibly the Pipe Band.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman or Bandsman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action DIED 30-May-40. Circumstances of his death not yet known. Buried Grave 6, Plot 2, Row A, Cambrai (Rue des Solesmes) Communal Cemetery. His headstone inscription reads : WITH TENDER LOVE AND DEEP REGRET WE WHO LOVED HIM WILL NEVER FORGET.
Home address Son of James Webster and Marion Barnett, Glasgow.
Source table 1TS