Graham Thomas Spencer L /Cpl 4455784
Personnel Entry
Name Graham Thomas Spencer
Army number 4455784
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not known.
Age (At time of death) Not known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 2nd or 3rd May 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 24/12/45.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions Lance Corporal.
Wounded Not known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag 21D, PoW Number 4112.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not known.
Home address 7, Wilson St. Gateshead.
Source table 1TS
