Lewis Albert L /Cpl 4455769

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Name Lewis Albert
Army number 4455769
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but his number implies 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. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 17/12/45.
Company/Battery B 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 Yes - Stalag IXC, PoW Number 31266.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 73, Lobley Hill Rd. Bensham, Gateshead.
Source table 1TS