Cuff John Cpl 4457184
Personnel Entry
Name Cuff John
Army number 4457184
Rank Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI 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? Evacuated to the UK? Served Iceland? Transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 18/11/42, T List 18/11/1942. Attached to No 28 TTG. Posted 101 Company 17/2/1943. Posted Detachment Command Workshops 19/2/1943. Posted 1 General Troops Workshop 15/3/1943 - Redesignated 6 Lines of Communication Troops Workshops 25/9/1943. Training Establishment 5/5/1944. Posted 20 Anti-Aircraft Workshop Company 15/12/1944. Mobilisation and Holding Centre 21/3/1945. Embarked for Naples 27/3/1945. Disembarked Central Mediterranean Forces 10/4/1945. Struck off strength and sent to UK 6/2/1946. Y List 12/2/1946. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 7/5/1946.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known but possibly Pipe Band.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman or Bandsman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address No family information as yet.
Source table 1TS
