Richardson Robert Starkie Pte 4454418
Personnel Entry
Name Richardson Robert Starkie
Army number 4454418
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1918/19.
Age 21 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but probably early 1939. Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI. Posted ? 12th Battalion 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. Presumed KILLED in ACTION between 29th and 30th May 1940 with the B.E.F., Serial No. 516 9/10/44, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
Company/Battery HQ 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
Died/Killed in action Presumed to have been KILLED in ACTION between 29-May-40 and 30/5/1940. NO known grave. Commemorated Column 91, DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
Home address Adopted son, and nephew, of Sarah A Buchanan, Blaydon.
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