Firth Francis Pte 4457153
Personnel Entry
Name Firth Francis
Army number 4457153
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but his number suggests Spring/Summer 1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion? Posted to the 12th Battalion 1/9/1939? Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, and posted to the 1st TS. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Evacuated to the UK via Dunkirk. Posted to 70th Brigade HQ by August 1942. Posted to the 5th Battalion Black Watch. Served Normandy? Transferred to the Seaforth Highlanders 13/3/45, under Authority: Part II Order 5/40/45. Transferred back to the Black Watch 11/6/45, under Authority:- ACI 626/39. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 15/4/46. Demobilised.
Company/Battery Brigade HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit Brigade HQ Defence Platoon.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address No family information as yet.
Source table 1TS
