Casualty Information
Private
DAVID
ARNOLD
Service Number
Age
Date of death
3192183
21
Sunday, 09 June 1940
Company:
Unknown
Son of Katherine Arnold, and stepson of Thomas Lithgow, of Templand, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire.
Personal Inscription:
SLEEP ON, DEAR SON AND TAKE YOUR REST WE MISS YOU MOST WHO LOVED YOU BEST
War Service details:
Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No).
The King's Own Scottish Borderors
1st Bttn KOSB location on day of death (According to War Diary)
Dunkirk withdrawal
1st KOSB War Diary for 1st June 1940. "Rear party clear of defensive line, and majority of Bn. embarked at LA PANNE". (Potenially DE PANNE - east of Dunkirk)
David must have missed the boat and was heading cross-country to embark elsewhere. He made a journey of over 150 miles before he died.
There's a link to a story from the People's War site that shows how difficult it may have been to get passage on a ship out of Dunkirk > https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/21/a2317321.shtml
*The soldier in the story is potentially John Sisterson, one of the signatures on the 50 Franc note signed the night before D-Day.
Information
Casualty List No. 420 dated 24th Jan 1941. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 287 as Missing.
Casualty List No. 287 dated 21st Aug 1940. Original source records Date of Casualty as 10/05/1940-16/06/1940.
David's medal card was sent to Mrs C Lithgow (his step-father's surname) in Lockerbie.
The address still exists in Templand, North of Lockerbie
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In Memorium
Memorial
MAUQUENCHY CHURCHYARD
Row 8, Grave 103.