Macintosh James Alexander Second Lieutenant 134925
Personnel Entry
Name Macintosh James Alexander
Army number 134925
Rank Second Lieutenant
Decorations None yet known.
Date of birth Thought to be 1917 but registration of birth not yet able to be traced.
Age 24 at the time of his death.
Unit Cadet at OCTU. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery 15/6/1940. Served in the Honourable Artillery Company. Posted to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment. Died 8/3/1941.
Company/Battery Not yet confirmed.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions No details yet.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died 8/3/1941. Death registered in Westminster, London. Cause of death not yet ascertained, but obituary notice suggests possibly an accident. Buried at Newnham (St Nicholas) Churchyard. No headstone inscription recorded by CWGC.
Home address No family details on CWGC records. Obituary notice mentions mother living at Sheldons, Hook, Hants. Probate record indicates he was living at 59 Selcraft Road, Purley, Surrey. Probate granted to Alexander Macintosh, Company Secretary, by Llandudno Registry on 24/6/1941.
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No image of Lt Macintosh's headstone is, as yet, available.
