Laing James Bell Pte 4459394

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Name Laing James Bell
Army number 4459394
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth 14/1/1918
Age 0
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 17/1/1940. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI. Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS. BEF. Prisoner of War. Posted ? Bn Black Watch, Trf Royal Army Service Corps 13/9/45, W8/81/45. Class Z Army Reserve 23/8/1946. RASC/ACC P/59 BX5.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably January 1940.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War 9C, 48725
Died/Killed in action Death registered July 1995, aged 77, in South Shields.
Home address Son of James Henry and Ada Laing. In 1947 he was living at 73, Green's Place, South Shields. Married Margaret A. Stanley in South Shields Q4, 1947.
Source table 1TS