Ions Anthony Pte 4455998
Personnel Entry
Name Ions Anthony
Army number 4455998
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, T, no enlistment dateas yet but his number implies 2nd or 3rd May 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? Dunkirk? Served Iceland? Served Normandy? Returned to the UK? Posted ? Battalion Black Watch. Relegated to the Class W Army Reserve 10/10/45.
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 Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 9, Clifford Gardens, Crawcrook, Ryton-on-Tyne. No family information as yet.
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