Lauder Paul Roderick Pte 4456650
Personnel Entry
Name Lauder Paul Roderick
Army number 4456650
Rank Private.
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1908/09.
Age 31 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number implies May 1939. Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI. Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI - probably 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. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 at Ficheux, Authority:- Recs R.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 9, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. His headstone inscription reads : RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL IN PERFECT PEACE HE AWAITS US ALL.
Home address Son of Arthur and Isabella M Lauder, Willington (Quay?), Northumberland.
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