Glenwright Thomas Coulson Sgt 4455765
Personnel Entry
Name Glenwright Thomas Coulson
Army number 4455765
Rank Sergeant.
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 0
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but his Regimental Number implies May 1939. ? Posted 9th Battalion DLI. ? Posted 12th Battalion DLI. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Evacuated to the UK - probably via Dunkirk. Served Iceland? Compulsorily transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps 16/7/41, Auth: 2nd Echelon Part II Order 31/41. Transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1/10/1942 under the provisions of ACI 1605/42.
Company/Battery HQ Company - included in the Acquittance Roll for 10/5/1940.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address Summerhill House, Blaydon-on-Tyne.
Source table 1TS