Heppell Henry Pte 4457989

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Name Heppell Henry
Army number 4457989
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1918/19.
Age 21 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer/Autumn 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted ? 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. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish. Records also show surname spelt as Heppel and Hepple.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes - 20/5/1940.
Prisoner of War No
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40. No known grave. Commemorated Column 91, DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
Home address Son of Albert and Margaret Elizabeth Heppell, Consett.
Source table 1TS

Dunkirk Memorial
Dunkirk Memorial