Myers John Private 4456240
Personnel Entry
Name Myers John
Army number 4456250
Rank Private.
Decorations None yet known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 19/1/1911 at Belmont, Durham. Mother's maiden surname Clarkson.
Age
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - no date as yet but probably Spring/Summer 1939. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Taken Prisoner of War at Calais 28/5/1940. Returned to the UK.
Company/Battery Not yet confirmed.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Based on information contained in a private diary it would appear that he served as Batman to Captain F R M Martin.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - held at Stalag XXIB Schuben. PoW Number 4777.
Died/Killed in action Date of death 4/10/1986 at 1 Mersey Street, Leadgat, Consett, County Durham, aged 75.
Home address Father - Thomas William Myers - Blacksmith - (1884 - 1974). Mother - Lucy Myers - nee Clarkson - (1886 - 1947). At the 1911 Census the family werte living at 4, Providence Pance, Gilesgate, Durham, but at the 1921 Census John's mother and her three children were living with her parents at 1, Providence Place and his father was not present - at least at the time of the Census. Married Jennie Bates (1914 - 2004) at Lanchester in January 1937 and had four children.
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