Harper Lawrence Sgt 4459379
Personnel Entry
Name Harper Lawrence
Army number 4459379
Rank Sergeant.
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, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer 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 Northern France? Served Iceland? Served Normandy? Returned to the UK? Posted ? Battalion Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 14/4/46.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond Sergeant.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 150, Strathmore Crescent, Newcastle.
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