Embleton William L /Cpl 4455311
Personnel Entry
Name Embleton William
Army number 4455311
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 0
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but Regimental number suggests 1st May 1939. Posted 9th Battalion DLI. Posted 12th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Taken Prisoner of War - probably 20/5/1940. Returned to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 21/12/45. Re-enlisted in the Royal Artillery (CA & AA) 26/8/47 as 21003417.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes - held in Stalag 20B, PoW Number 6666.
Died/Killed in action
Home address "Ewanrigg", Chudleigh Terrace, Blaydon
Source table 1TS