Bolam Robert Martin Butters Pte 4455319
Personnel Entry
Name Bolam Robert Martin Butters
Army number 4455319
Rank Private
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not known.
Age (At time of death) Not known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date yet, but his number strongly suggests 1st or 2nd May 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 24/5/46.
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 Not known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag 20B, PoW Number 6802.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 24, Shipcote Terr. Gateshead.
Source table 1TS
