Wray Robert Pte 4455420

Personnel Entry

Private Robert Wray, 1st Tyneside Scottish.

Name Wray Robert
Army number 4455420
Rank Private.
Decorations
Date of birth
Age Not yet known his age at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably late April/early May 1939. Posted ?9th Battalion DLI. Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940. Posted to 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Posted Missing in Action aged 29. Now known to have been taken Prisoner of War. Repatriated. Posted ? Battalion Black Watch. Relegated to Class Z Army Reserve 9/2/46.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions Lance Corporal.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Camp number 344. Prisoner number 13287.
Died/Killed in action
Home address 61, Tyne Rd East (Off Askew Rd), Gateshead
Source table 1TS