Barty Alexander Sommers CSM 2750386
Personnel Entry
Name Barty Alexander Sommers
Army number 2750386
Rank CSM
Decorations Palestine GS Medal. Long Service and Good Conduct Medal - gazetted 3/10/1947.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 0
Unit Enlisted in the ranks of the Black Watch in Edinburgh 20/8/1924, R, 7/5. Motorvan man aged 19 and 7 months. Discharged 17/1/1941 under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvii) as an Acting WOII with exemplary conduct preparatory to being commissioned. Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the Black Watch 17/3/1941 with Service Number 168429. Posted to Black Watch Depot. Posted 1 TS. ? Served Iceland. ? Served Normandy. Released as Honorary Captain.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet ascertained.
Promotions Lt, T/Capt.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address Born Dalry, Edinburgh. No other family information as yet.
Source table 1TS