Ramsey John George Cpl 4264103
Personnel Entry
Name Ramsey John George (some records show surname spelt Ramsay).
Army number 4264103
Rank Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born Gateshead. Date not yet known.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, Attested 19/2/25 at Newcastle, for the Territorial Army. Posted to the 6th Battalion, for a 4 yrs engagement. Enlisted Coldstream Guards 11/5/25, as a Regular soldier, for 7/5 years. Discharged 11/5/1937 at the termination of his engagement. Re-enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, Territorial Army 29/4/39. Posted to the 9th Battalion? Posted to the 12th Battalion 1/9/1939? Transferred to the Black Watch, and posted to the 1st TS 1/2/40. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Evacuated to the UK via Dunkirk. Posted overseas - served East Africa. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, Pioneer Regiment by August 1942. Returned to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 27/12/45. Demobilised.
Company/Battery Not yet known - possibly HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Possibly Pioneer Platoon.
Task or role Probably Section Commander and later Platoon Sergeant.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions Lance Sergeant.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address Brass Moulder at Enlistment. Next of kin at Enlistment - Father - Mr T Ramsey, 33, Ellison Square, Gateshead. Home address 1947 - 48, River View Rd. Chiswick, London.
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