Moore John William Pte 4456561
Personnel Entry
Name Moore John William
Army number 4456561
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but his number suggests Spring/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 TS. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Evacuated to the UK via Dunkirk. Posted to 227 Independent Infantry Brigade by August 1942. Transferred to the Seaforth Highlanders 5/11/43, under Authority: X/54/43, Seaforths Enlistment Book 358 6/76. Transferred to the Dorsetshire Regiment 8/5/1944, Enlistment Book missing. No details available of demobilisation or transfer to Reserve.
Company/Battery Not yet known as regards 70th Brigade. 227 Brigade HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known. 227 Brigade Defence Platoon.
Task or role Probably Rifleman and later Infantry Section leader.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions Corporal.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address No family information as yet.
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