White James Pte 4459525
Personnel Entry
Name White James
Army number 4459525
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1916/17.
Age 23 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. 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. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- Cas/BW/6.
Company/Battery C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row G, Grave 9, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. His headstone inscription reads : A GRAVE UNKNOWN ACROSS THE SEA IS WHERE OUR THOUGHTS WILL ALWAYS BE.
Home address Son of William James and Mary Jane White, Ashington, Northumberland.
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