Edgar Adam Cpl 4456045
Personnel Entry
Name Edgar Adam
Army number 4456045
Rank Corporal
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 0
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Spring 1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI? Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI? Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940 and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Taken Prisoner of War - probably at Ficheux 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Battalion Black Watch. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)a 20/1/46. Demobilised. Re-enlisted in the Royal Artillery, Territorial Army 9/5/1947 and posted to the 670th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. Discharged under TA Regulations 1936, paragraph 204 (1) and Regimental Orders 19/670LAA/51/D/22/5/1951 on 8/5/1951. Documents to N.E. Library.
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Platoon or other sub-unit
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Joined Brigade
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Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes - Camp Number 383, PoW Number 37116.
Died/Killed in action
Home address 1, Birch Rd. Blaydon-on-Tyne
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