Stonehouse William Carr L/Cpl 4455773

Personnel Entry

L/Cpl W C Stonehouse's CWGC headstone.

Name Stonehouse William Carr
Army number 4455773
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1909/10.
Age 30 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no known enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 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 sustained at Ficheux 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. Category B.
Company/Battery D Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond Lance Corporal.
Wounded 20/5/1940 at Ficheux.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action DIED of WOUNDS 20-May-40 at Ficheux. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row E, Grave 12, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. His headstone inscription reads : LOVING MEMORIES OF A DEAR HUSBAND AND DARLING DADDY. WIFE BETTY, ERIC & FAMILY.
Home address Son of Thomas and Helena Stonehouse, Husband of Bessie Stonehouse, Swalwell.
Source table 1TS