263436 O79 Leather, Capt Kenneth Mark Walters, 44935. Commissioned 2nd Lt 30/1/30, served 1 DLI pre-war. Wounded and captured with HQ Coy 1st Bn DLI, Cos, late 1943. MC for actions on Cos (LG 13/9/45). See McGregor DLI Officers, p 184, Rissik DLI p 214. Diary extract on capture quoted in POWs Moses and English, p 22, quote describing Oflag VIIIF, p 50. Also see this external website: http://durhamlightinfantry.webs.com/1stdlikos.htm
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313 O7B Lee, Capt L, 174490, DLI
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Lewis, Lt Peter J, B Coy, 8 DLI. Awarded MC for actions in early 6/42. Wounded and captured at Primosole Bridge, Sicily, 7/43. MiD for escaping in Italy while POW. See 8 DLI Lewis and English p 84-66, for actions in 6/42, which resulted in over 200 Axis prisoners being taken, for which awarded MC. Sgt A Cairns MM was awarded the DCM for his part in this action. Also p 165, return to Battalion in 2/43 after wounding at Alamein, p 177 actions and wounding at Marenth in 3/43, p 302 escape from Italy to Switzerland in 43-44. See also POWs Moses and English, p 20, for capture
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2487 O5A Lindsay, Capt B, 138535, DLI. Captured with B Coy, 8 DLI along with Capt R I Pitt and around 60 ORs in offensive action at ' Ruin Ridge,' Alamein 27/7/42. See 8 DLI Lewis and English, pages 126-128.
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McClaren, Major R S. 8 DLI Awarded DSO for actions with BEF. Captured in action with the 'Rosscol' Jock Column 8 DLI, on 9/4/42. See Lewis and English 8 DLI p 70. MBE for escaping while POW.
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321 O7B Mann, Capt E H, 52321, DLI
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9 O7B March, Capt John J, 68056, 9th DLI. Wounded and captured 5/40. See POWs Moses and English, p 30.
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O7B Martin, Capt F R M, 62303, DLI
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1598 O79 Martindale, Lt G P, 243035, Queens. Served with 16 DLI in 1942-43. Captured Sedjenane, Tunisia, circa 27/2-2/3/43.
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Mason, Maj Oliver, 10 DLI. Wounded and captured leading C Coy, 10 DLI, 7/44. Liberated and evacuated to UK sometime afterwards when British troops overran the German hospital in which he was being treated See Rissik, DLI, p 267
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3202 O79 Massie, Lt W, 240543, DLI
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545 Maxwell, Lt G H A Perceval, 27242, C Coy, 6th DLI, taken POW with Major R Roddom during Arras counter-attack 21/5/40, Moses 6 DLI p137
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1413 O79 Mitchell, Lt N S, 180701, DLI
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Mitchell, Capt. Seconded South African officer, wounded and captured serving with 1 DLI, 7/43. See Rissik DLI, p 222
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815 O79 Moon, Lt Humphrey, 95652, DLI. Commissioned 2nd Lt 3/7/39. Captured with BEF 1940. Emigrated to Rhodesia postwar. See McGregor DLI Officers, p 218.
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1018 O79 Nankivell, Lt J H, 140484, DLI
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1515 O79 Newcombe, Lt A M L, 165877, 1st DLI, captured Cos, 10/43.
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630 O79 Newport, Lt E S, 96393, DLI
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O'Conor, Capt Rory, 8 DLI. Briefly captured for less than 24 hours in 8/44 at Gheel, leading his two unwitting and very lost German captors back to British lines. See Rissik DLI p 278. Also Lewis and English 8 DLI, p 160, arrival at Battalion in 11/42, p 169 patrol activity at Wadi Zigzaou in 3/43, p 188-18 actions at Marenth, 3/43, p283-284, capture at Gheel, Belgium 9/44, p 287 return to 8 DLI.
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340 O7B Oxley, Lt S D, 92717, DLI
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1209 O79 Pettinger, Lt G, 98268, DLI. 9 DLI, captured 6/42. See Moses 9 DLI p 189.
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3312 O79 Pitt, Capt R I, 64736, DLI. Captured as OC B Coy, 8 DLI along with Capt C Lindsay and around 60 ORs in offensive action at ' Ruin Ridge' Alamein 27/7/42. See 8 DLI Lewis and English, pages 126-128. Also referenced in Lewis and English 8 DLI p 7, p 36 (an amusing anecdote of an incident as Intelligence Officer in 7/40), actions on 1/6/42, p 78-80, patrol activity in 5/42, p 90-92, activities after Tobruk, p 112, 114, p 301 return to 8 DLI in 1945.
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Preacher, Capt T, 8 DLI. Captured in action with the 'Rosscol' Jock Column on 9/4/42. See Lewis and English 8 DLI p 70. MiD for escaping while POW.
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348 O7B Prestidge, Lt V A, 117998, DLI
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3169 O5A Pringle, Capt R W, 256955, DLI
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