Fullard James Pte 4456370
Personnel Entry
Name Fullard James
Army number 4456370
Rank Private.
Decorations Awarded the Military Medal in addition to Service Awards.
Date of birth Not known.
Age (At time of death) Not known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Spring 1939. 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 with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 28/7/46.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes - 20/5/1940
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag 20B, PoW Number 6835.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not known.
Home address 68, Upton St. Low Teams, Gateshead.
Source table 1TS
The Citation for Private Fullard's Military Medal award reads as follows:-
Privates Watson and Fullard, neither of whom had fired a Boys Rifle in training, in emergency seized a Boys Rifle and rushed it to a flank position and in the open engaged an enemy Tank at short range, disabling it. Though both wounded they maintained their Anti-Tank Rifle in action. Their gallantry and pertinacity enabled their Company to withdraw and undoubtedly saved many casualties.
The award was recommended by Lt Col Hugh Swinburne C.O. 1st Tyneside Scottish
