Beck Lionel Rosslyn Private 4457682
Personnel Entry
Name Beck LIonel Rosslyn (known as Leo)
Army number 4457682
Rank Private
Decorations None yet known beyond Service Awards. Medals granted 1939/45 Medal, Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal.
Date of birth Born 1919.
Age
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet confirmed but probably Spring/Summer 1939. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Transferred to the Gloucestershire Regiment 6/4/1943. Doxuments to Exeter 3/9/1943. Served Burma. Returned to the UK. Relegated to Class Z (T) Regular Army Reserve. Demobilised.
Company/Battery Not yet ascertained.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet confirmed.
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939. Battalion not yet known
Promotions None known as yet.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death 2/3/2007 in Edinburgh.
Home address Lived at 77, Mill Hill, Musselburgh when his medals were issued..
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