Whaley Leslie Pte 4455904
Personnel Entry
Name Whaley Leslie
Army number 4455904
Rank Private.
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1915/16.
Age 24 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn 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. Presumed to have DIED of WOUNDS 20/5/40 while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
Company/Battery A Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded Yes - probably 20/5/1940.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action DIED of WOUNDS 20-May-40. No known grave. Commemorated Column 91, DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
Home address Son of Jane Anne Whaley, Gateshead. Lived at 3, Upperhill Street, Gateshead.
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