Heslop George Pte 4457967
Personnel Entry
Name Heslop George
Army number 4457967
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, enlisted 18/10/1939. Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served Northern France? Dunkirk? Served Iceland? Posted to the 5th Battalion of the Black Watch - date not known. Transferred to the Army Catering Corps 1/3/44, Auth: Part II Order 5/63/45. Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 28/5/1946, Serial 474/46, Discharged RASC P/59.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman or possibly Company Cook.
Joined Brigade 18/10/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address
Source table 1TS
There is a query as to why the 5th Black Watch Battalion Part 2 Order, authorising Pte Heslop's transfer to the Army Catering Corps on 1/3/1944 was delayed until well into 1945. His Service Record would no doubt help to solve the mystery.
