Holmes Morien L /Sgt 4457150
Personnel Entry
Name Holmes Morien
Army number 4457150
Rank Lance Sergeant.
Decorations M.i.D. and 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 probably Summer 1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI. Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Included in the acquittance roll for 10/5/1940. Taken Prisoner of War. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Battalion Black Watch on the disbanding of the 1st Tyneside Scottish and return to the UK. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 24/3/46.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Platoon Sergeant.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond Lance Sergeant.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - held in Camp383, PoW Number 6250.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet ascertained.
Home address 6, Aylesbury Avenue, Blackpool, S.S.
Source table 1TS
