McLuckie Albert Edward Pte 4459404

Personnel Entry

Pte A E McLuckie's CWGC headstone.

Name McLuckie Albert Edward
Army number 4459404
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1915/16.
Age 24
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS. Served BEF. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Auth:- Casualty-L./NK/notified 26/5/43 (CAS/BW/6 dated 26/5/43). Buried Parish Cemetery of Mercatel, Pas de Calais, Grave No. 5.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40.
Home address Research shows Pte McLuckie born Newcastle upon Tyne 1919, father James W., mother Alice (nee Stuart), and resident of Newcastle at the time of his death. Buried Grave 2, MERCATEL CEMETERY. (This suggests a later reburial).
Source table 1TS