Roberts Roland Pte 4453003
Personnel Entry
Name Roberts Roland
Army number 4453003
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 yet known. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI. 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. Wounded. Posted ? Bn Black Watch on disbandment of 70th Brigade. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 5/4/45. Re-enlisted in the Royal Artillery (670 LAA Regt) 29/4/48 as 22239208.
Company/Battery Company not known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Possibly 1/9/1939, but certainly by 1/2/1940.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes - reported wounded N W Europe July 1944.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 17, Chandos St. Gateshead
Source table 1TS
