1032 O79 Stones, Lt C F Boys-, 149519, 6th DLI. Captured 29/6/42, See Moses 6 DLI, p 191. At PG 21 in 1943

1934 O79 Strickland, Lt E N, 153378, 8 DLI. Captured in action with the 'Rosscol' Jock Column on 9/4/42. See Lewis and
English 8 DLI p 70.

372 O7B Surtees, Lt C W, 91129, DLI

128951 O79 Sutcliffe, Lt J M, 289934, DLI

3067 O5A Taylor, Christopher Burdon-, 72413, DLI. Commissioned 2nd Lt 8 DLI (TA) 14/7/37. Wounded with 2 DLI in the 5/40 river Dyle action. See McGregor DLI Officers, p 299. Also Lewis and English 8 DLI p 13. Captured 14/6/42 with William Glaister and one other man of 8 DLI during the breakout from the Gazala Box after their truck broke down. See POWs Moses and English, p 15.

482 O4C Hyde-Thomson, Lt Robert John, 67469, DLI. Captured with 2 DLI, 5/40. Awarded MC for actions on 15/5/40 with B Coy, 2 DLI (LG 22/10/40). Mentioned in Despatches for POW escaping activities LG (29/8/46). Involved in several escape attempts from Colditz--one which involved him being disguised as a German soldier. Some activities detailed in the P R Reid book The Latter Days at Colditz. Also mentioned in Airey Neave's book They Have Their Exits. See McGregor DLI Officers, p 304. See also Rissik DLI, p 12 and p 16 for his actions on 15/5/40 and capture.

263438 O79 Thorpe, Capt John H, 170247, DLI. Wounded and captured on Cos, D Coy, 1 DLI. See Rissik DLI p 213.

2420 O5A Vulliamy, Lt D M H, 193433, DLI. Served in B Coy, 16 DLI in July 1941. Posted to the Middle East and captured with another DLI Bn. See this 1941 16 DLI officers' listing: http://16dli.awardspace.com/page107.html

4305 O7B Wait, Capt E M C, 1299959, 1 DLI, Second in Command D Coy at time of capture on Cos in 10/43.

1144 O4C Walker, Lt Benjamin S, 74864, DLI. Author of the undated book (published in the late 1980s?) Through the Darkness. Served in 9 DLI. Captured France 5/40. See also Moses 9 DLI p 142 and POWs Moses and English, p 13.

704 O7B Walton, Capt J W, 40158, 8 DLI, Carrier Platoon in 1/40, C Coy, in 4/40 see Lewis and English 8 DLI p 7, p 11, p 25

2532/25 O5A Weightman, Lt T W, 174498, DLI. Captured in Tunisia with 16 DLI, 3/43. See 1942 16 DLI officers' photograph.

1113 O79 Westray, Capt R A, 93168, DLI

1411 O79 White, Capt D E, 105148, DLI

White, Lt W S 'Scotty' B Coy, 9 DLI. Captured 3/43. Escaped and regained Allied lines in Italy in company with Capt I English, ex 8 DLI in 12/43.. See Moses 9 DLI p 232. Also POWs Moses and English, p 17.

Whitwell, Lt William Henry, 174697, B Coy, 16th Bn DLI. Captured Greece 13/12/44 by ELAS Communist forces along with over 30 men of B Coy. Released early 1945.

Wiggins, Lt, 6th DLI , captured 28/6/42, See Moses 6 DLI, p 191

1548 O9A/H Wilson, Lt H L, 124509, DLI

540 O7B Wood, Lt G E, 92170, DLI

399 Wood, Lt H V D, 121221, DLI

Woods, Lt. 8 DLI. Captured in action with the 'Rosscol' Jock Column on 9/4/42. See Lewis and English 8 DLI p 70.

882 O7B Wormald, Lt R G, 89278, DLI

398 O7B Wright, Capt G B, 49977, DLI

Young, Lt A C, 9 DLI, captured 6/42. See Moses 9 DLI p 189.

End of current listing, last revised 26/12/12


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