Greenwell Joseph RQMS 4437837
Personnel Entry
Name Greenwell Joseph
Army number 4437837
Rank WOII
Decorations M.M.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the 9th DLI as 325144, discharged 31/3/20. Served in the Defence Force with 9th DLI 10/4/21 - 5/7/21. Re-enlisted in the Territorial Army 6/7/21 for 3 yrs plus 2 yrs. Discharged 9/6/34. Re-enlisted in the 9th DLI 30/5/39. Posted to the 12th Battalion? Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40 and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F> in Northern France? Evacuated to the UK via Dunkirk? Served Iceland? Transferred to the Seaforth Highlanders 12/1/44, under Authority Part 2 Order 1st TS/3/44. Posted to the 9th Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders. Served Normandy? Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)a 16/8/44.
Company/Battery Battalion HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit Probably Admin. Platoon.
Task or role Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant.
Joined Brigade Possibly 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond WOII.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 30, St James Rd. Gateshead.
Source table 1TS
