Anderson James Piper 4262006
Personnel Entry
Name Anderson James
Army number 4262006
Rank Piper
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known. Born Whitinch, Glasgow, Renfrewshire
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, attested 23/3/22 at Wallsend, Territorial, 4 yrs enlistment, Aged 21 and 10 mths, Discharged 22/3/26 on termination of engagement. Re-enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 17/7/1939 as a Piper. Transferred to the Black Watch, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish 1/2/1940. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Evacuated to the UK. Served Iceland? Served Normandy? Posted ? Battalion Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 14/4/46.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Pipe Band.
Task or role Piper.
Joined Brigade 17/7/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address Worked as a Labourer, living at 53, Shakespeare Avenue, Hebburn-on-Tyne. Next of Kin - mother - Jane, living at 10, Back James St, Hebburn.
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