Pearce John George Moffit L /Cpl 4457949
Personnel Entry
Name Pearce John George Moffit
Army number 4457949
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations None yet known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age At the time of his death not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet 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 Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Included on the HQ Company Acquittance Roll on 10/5/1940. Taken Prisoner of War - probably 20/5/1940 or shortly thereafter. Posted ? Bn Black Watch on return to the UK. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 14/3/45.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions Shown as Unpaid Lance Corporal on 10/5/1940.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - held in Stalag 20B. PoW Number 5920.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 52, Pringle Place, New Brancepeth, County Durham.
Source table 1TS
