Price Thomas Gilbert Cpl 4456759
Personnel Entry
Name Price Thomas Gilbert
Army number 4456759
Rank Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death).Not yet known.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but his number suggests Spring 1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI. Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI 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 in the acquittance roll for 10/5/1940. Evacuated to the UK via Dunkirk. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 1/8/41. Re-enlisted in the Royal Artillery (CA & AA) 12/6/47 TA/2.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifle Section Commander.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond Corporal.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet ascertained.
Home address 6, Holme Gardens, Bewicke Estate, Howden-on-Tyne.
Source table 1TS
