Lackenby Sidney Charles (G). Pte 4457204
Personnel Entry
Name Lackenby Sidney Charles (G).
Army number 4457204
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 17/4/1919 at Gateshead.
Age At the time of his death. 71 years old.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date asyet, but his number suggests Spring/Summer 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 in Northern France with the B.E.F.? Evacuated via Dunkirk? Served Iceland? Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 17/12/40 as unfit for further service.
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 Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death November 1990 in Northumberland Central aged 71.
Home address 323, Whitehall Rd. Gateshead.
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