Hawthornthwaite Leslie Pte 4457203
Personnel Entry
Name Hawthornthwaite Leslie
Army number 4457203
Rank Private.
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1917/18.
Age 22 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Summer/Autumn 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 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. Previously reported missing 21/5/40, now reported KILLED in ACTION Category "A" 20/5/40, Authority Casualty L., WOL/MC/OR/16435/ dated 12/7/43, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit A/Tk 3/40
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40. No known grave
Home address Son of George Alfred and Jane Hawthornthwaite. Commemorated Column 91, DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
Source table 1TS
