Lamb John CSM 4444186
Personnel Entry
Name Lamb John
Army number 4444186
Rank Warrant Officer Class II.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born Gateshead - date not yet known.
Age (At time of death)Not yet known.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, Enlisted Gateshead 23/2/1920, Territorial Army, Posted to 9th Battalion. Enlisted for 4yrs aged 18 years and 6 months. Discharged 22/2/1929 at Termination of Engagement. B108D 106 88, Re-enlisted 31/1/1933. Discharged at own request 13/7/1935. Re-enlisted 15/8/1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Included on the acquittance roll for 10/5/1940. Taken Prisoner of War. Repatriated early to the UK. Discharged 12/1/1944 under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi).
Company/Battery Probably HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Company HQ.
Task or role Company Sergeant Major.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond CSM.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag VIIIB, PoW Number 14970.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address Father - Peter Lamb, 13, Somerset Drive, Gateshead. Worked as a Joiner.
Source table 1TS