Hind William Armstrong Pte 4456638
Personnel Entry
Name Hind William Armstrong
Army number 4456638
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1919/20.
Age 20 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Spring 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. DIED of WOUNDS on or shortly after 20/5/40, previously having been reported missing 21/5/40, Authority R.Casualty.
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 Yes - probably on 20/5/1940 - wounds from which he subsequently died.
Prisoner of War Possibly he was captured after being wounded, but did not survive long enough to be documented as a Prisoner of War.
Died/Killed in action DIED of WOUNDS on or shortly after 20-May-40. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 1, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. His headstone inscription reads : AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM.
Home address Son of Robert William and Theresa Hind, Horsley, Northumberland.
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