Hannah John James Cpl 4261568
Personnel Entry
Name Hannah John James
Army number 4261568
Rank Corporal.
Decorations M.i.D. and Service Awards.
Date of birth Born Benwell January 1904.
Age 63 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - attested 12/11/21 at Newcastle, Regular Army, for 7/5, aged 18 and 8 months, working as a Miner. Discharged 11/11/33. Re-enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 6/7/39. Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI. Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI. Transferred to the Black Watch, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish 1/2/1940. Served In Northern France with the B.E.F. Included on the acquittance roll for 10/5/1940. Evacuated to the UK via Dunkirk. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Posted ? Battalion Black Watch on the disbanding of 1st Tyneside Scottish. Returned to the UK. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 4/2/46. Demobilised.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifle Section Commander.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond Corporal.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death July 1967 in Gateshead.
Home address Next of kin - Father - Robert Hannah, 11, Delaval Street, Scotswood. .Mother - Martha Milne. Married Mary Isabella Stewart in January 1927. Address in 1947 - 144, Victoria Rd. Low Teams, Gateshead.
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