Waugh Francis Wilkinson Pte 4454688
Personnel Entry
Name Waugh Francis Wilkinson
Army number 4454688
Rank Private.
Decorations None 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 early 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion - probaly 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940,and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Posted to 1st Battalion the Black Watch on the disbandment of 1st Tyneside Scottish. Wounded. Returned to the UK. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 25/10/45.
Company/Battery Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes - reported wounded N W Europe November 1944 while serving with 1st Black Watch.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 18, Derwent View, Rowlands Gill
Source table 1TS
