Urwin Nicholas Pte 4459434

Personnel Entry

Pte N Urwin's CWGC headstone.

Name Urwin Nicholas
Army number 4459434
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1917/18.
Age 22 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet, but his number suggests Summer 1939. Posted ? 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 - probably at Mercatel. Authority - Category "B":- WOL/SS/M(CAS) dated 30/4/43.
Company/Battery A Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed, but probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.
Home address Son of Nicholas and Adeline Urwin, Benwell. No details yet on initial interment. Buried Grave 1, MERCATEL CEMETERY. Headstone inscription reads : HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
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