Field John William Pte 4459523
Personnel Entry
Name Field John William
Army number 4459523
Rank Private.
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 late 1939. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France? Served Iceland? Served Normandy? Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/4/46.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade On his date of enlistment - probably late 1939.
Promotions None known.
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 17, Trimdon St. Sunderland
Source table 1TS
The lack of mentions of Private Field in War Diaries suggests that he may have been transferred to another Battalion of the Black Watch. Family help, and access to his Service Record is required to identify the elements of his seervice - much of which is guesswork at this stage.
