Appleton James Pte 4456000
Personnel Entry
Name Appleton James
Army number 4456000
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 implies May 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 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. Taken Prisoner of War - probably on or about 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Battalion Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 1/7/47, (IRO/Rel/119/47). Discharged from the Reserve on 19/7/47 under TA Regulations 1936 Para 204-6(a), on Re-enlisting in the Royal Pioneer Corps 20/7/47.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known but possibly the Pipe Band.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman or Bandsman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Camp 344, PoW Number 15688.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 17, Sycamore St. Blaydon-on-Tyne. No family information as yet.
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