Riley Michael Lawrence Pte 4459416
Personnel Entry
Name Riley Michael Lawrence
Army number 4459416
Rank Pte
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer 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 to the ? Battalion Black Watch. Discharged under King'd Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 2/3/44.
Company/Battery C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag XXA, PoW Number 1169.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 76, Mary St. Newcastle.
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