Burns Bernard Pte 4454683
Personnel Entry
Name Burns Bernard
Army number 4454683
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not known.
Age (At the time of his death) Not known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date yet, but his number suggests early 1939. Posted ? 9th Battalion. Posted ? 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 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)a 27/1/46.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag 4C, PoW Numner 3891.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not known.
Home address 61, Lobley Hill Rd. Gateshead.
Source table 1TS
