Summerson Arthur Gale L/Cpl 4450792
Personnel Entry
Name Summerson Arthur Gale
Army number 4450792
Rank Lance Corporal.
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 implies earlier than 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Transferred to the Army Catering Corps 14/11/41 Vide:-1st TS Part II Order 99/41. Transferred back to the Black Watch 27/3/42, Auth: Off i/c ACC. Posted to ? Battalion Black Watch. Transferred to the Kings Own Scottish Borderers 3/10/44 AGX/143/44, Book 358/Outside 6/14. Posted to Y List E A Release 1/1946. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 8/4/1946.
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 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 32, Eton St. Gateshead.
Source table 1TS
