Drury Mathew Alexander Pte 4456688
Personnel Entry
Name Drury Mathew Alexander
Army number 4456688
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 probably Spring 1939 according to his Regimental Number. 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 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch.. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 11/8/46.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag VIIIB and Camp 344, PoW Number 2318.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 5, Cragside, High Heaton, Newcastle.
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