Newcombe Ernest Wilfred Pte 4456438

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Name Newcombe Ernest Wilfred
Army number 4456438.
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death) date of death not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet but his number suggests Spring 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 with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Taken Prisoner of War. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 2/9/46. Re-enlisted in the Royal Armoured Corps as 22775811, E/RAC 12/12/51, 1952.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Rifleman, as far as is known.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalags 8B and XIIA, PoW Number 3328.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 13, Milling St. Gateshead
Source table 1TS