Hancock Andrew Penman Pte 4459377
Personnel Entry
Name Hancock Andrew Penman
Army number 4459377
Rank Private
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, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer 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 11/6/1940 (date requires confirmation). Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 25/3/46.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag XXIB and 344, PoW Number 5535.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not known.
Home address 36, Malvern St. South Shields.
Source table 1TS
