Barrett Frank James Cpl 4456542
Personnel Entry
Name Barrett Frank James
Army number 4456542
Rank Corporal.
Decorations M.M.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Spring 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 TS. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Evacuated to the UK via Dunkirk. Posted to the 5th Battalion, Black Watch by August 1942. Posted to the 6th Bn Black Watch. Served Italy/Sicily. Returned to the UK. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 15/7/46. Demobilised. Re-enlisted in the TA as 22266768, EX52.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably rifleman/Infantry Section leader.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions Corporal - date not known. Listed as Private in August 1942.
Wounded 1943 in Sicily.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 7, Benson Terrace, Felling. Earned award of Military Medal while with 6th Black Watch in Sicily in 1943.
Source table 1TS
