Porter Benjamin Pte 2759053
Personnel Entry
Name Porter Benjamin
Army number 2759053
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death)Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the Black Watch - date not yet known, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Transferred to the Intelligence Corps 15/11/48. (Intelligence Corps Enlistment Books have no trace of this man).
Company/Battery A Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag XXB, PoW Number 9801.
Died/Killed in action
Home address 18, Church St. Marley Hill, Newcastle.
Source table 1TS
