Martindale John McKie Pte 4456604
Personnel Entry
Name Martindale John McKie (known as "Jonty")
Army number 4456604
Rank Pte
Decorations None known apart from Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1919/20.
Age 20 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet bu probably Summer 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with BEF in France. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939 on mobilisation.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known, but he may possibly have died of wounds.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Killed in action 20-May-40. Place of his death not yet known - probably Ficheux (several casualties in that engagement were unable to be identified).
Home address Son of William and M Martindale, Felling. Lived at 10, Millfield Gardens, Felling. Worked as a Coal Miner at the Sharp Pit in Felling. Commemorated Column 91, DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
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