Gillender Allen L /Cpl 4454564
Personnel Entry
Name Gillender Allen
Army number 4454564
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond 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 implies early 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 in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 16/7/46.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions Lance Corporal.
Wounded Not known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag 20B, PoW Number 10218.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not known.
Home address 34, Bensham Crescent, Gateshead.
Source table 1TS
