Irving Samuel Pte 4456623

Personnel Entry

L/Cpl S Irving's CWGC headstone.

Name Irving Samuel
Army number 4456623
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1916/17.
Age 23 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no exact enlistment date as yet, but his Regimental Number suggests that he joined in Spring 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to 1st Tyneside Scottish. Attended Small Arms School Course No 6 3/40. Served with the BEF in France. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty.
Company/Battery C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not yet known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions Lance Corporal
Wounded Not so far as is known but he may have died of wounds.
Prisoner of War No - not likely.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. Buried Grave 6, Plot 8, Row A. BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. No inscription on his headstone.
Home address Son of Robert and Elizabeth Ann Irving, Gateshead.
Source table 1TS