Hampton Charles Baden Private 14554019
Personnel Entry
Name Hampton Charles Baden
Army number 14554019
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 19/1/1925. Birth registered January 1925 in Gateshead. Mother's maiden surname Scott.
Age 68 at the time of his death.
Unit Conscripted into the General Staff Corps – date not yet confirmed. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry – date not yet available – and posted to the 10th Battalion. Served Normandy. Wounded. Transferred to the Gloucestershire Regiment 23/8/1944 on the disbandment of the 10th DLI.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade On being posted to the 10th Battalion.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes – in Normandy – date not recorded.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death 31/8/1993 at Dunston - registered in Gateshead September 1993.
Home address Father - Charles B. Hampton - born 17/5/1900 - Builder's Labourer. Mother - Alice - born 22/5/1903. The 1939 General Register shows the family living at 85 Clavering Avenue in Whickham UDC and Charles Junior is listed as "seeking work". No marriage traced so far.
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