Fort Robert Pte 4456131
Personnel Entry
Name Fort Robert
Army number 4456131
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 known as yet but his Regimental Number suggests Spring 1939. Posted to the 8th Battalion. Posted to the 11th Battalion, on or close to embodiment. Returned to the 8th Battalion in late 1030. Re-posted to the 11th Battalion in early 1940. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Evacuated via Dunkirk. Served Iceland. Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 26/4/44, Docs to Hastings 6/6/44. Remainder of Army service not yet traced but the report of his wounding suggests he served in Normandy.
Company/Battery B Company, 8th Battalion, based at Chester-le-Street. 11th Battalion - C Company from January 1940.
Platoon or other sub-unit 8th Battalion - No. 10 Platoon under 2/Lieutenant L R English. Member of No.3 Section under L/Corporal Little. 11th Battalion - not yet known.
Task or role Rifleman.
Joined Brigade On embodiment.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes – reported wounded North West Europe .
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address No family details available as yet.
Source table 11DLI
