Scott Ernest Pte 4456296
Personnel Entry
Name Scott Ernest
Army number 4456296
Rank Private.
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 Spring 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 with the B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Served Normandy? Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 24/8/44, Auth: Part II Order TS 91/44. Returned to the UK. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 18/4/1946.
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 as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 88, Rodsley Avenue, Gateshead.
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