Photograph, Sunderland Echo, 3/8/42, p 5 ‘The following are missing in the Middle East except where otherwise stated....Pte W R Ayre (26), 24 Beechville Street, late of Alliance Street, Sunderland.’
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Sunderland Echo, 1/9/42, p 5: ‘Pte W R Ayre (26), DLI, 24 Beechville Street, late of Alliance Street, previously reported missing, now known to be prisoner of war.’
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Sunderland Echo, 8/11/43, p 4: ‘Pte W R Ayre (28), DLI, 24 Beechville Street, Sunderland, prisoner of war in Italy, now arrived in Switzerland.’ PG 75 in 1943.
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260775 4B Barkes, Cpl J, 4462373, DLI.
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Sunderland Echo, 20/10/42, p 5: ‘Previously reported missing, now prisoners of war in Italy......Corporal J Barkes (28), DLI, 21 Shotley Avenue.’
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Photograph Sunderland Echo 8/9/43, p 5: ‘Cpl J Barkes (29) DLI (indicated by cross), 21 Shotley Avenue (late of Balmoral Terrace), who is a prisoner of war in Italy.’
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252284 4C Barwick, Pte L, 4462375, DLI. PG 70 in 1943.
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Bell, Pte J, 4462378, DLI. Stalag 17A, POW No 155009.
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Bell, L/Cpl W E, 4462380. DLI. Captured 27/7/42. Escaped to Switzerland after Italian Armistice of 9/43.
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Photograph, Sunderland Echo, 4/11/42, p 4: ‘L/Cpl W E Bell (28), DLI, 10 Colchester Terrace, previously reported missing, now prisoner of war in Italy.’ PG 70 in 1943.
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260440 4G Bowden, Pte C, 4462382, DLI. PG 70 in 1943.
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Byrom, Pte Albert Bolam, 4462393. Died 10/6/44, serving with 8 DLI, aged 24. Son of Michael Hall Byrom, and of Margaret Jane Byrom, of New Herrington, Co Durham. Tilly-sur-Suelles War Cemetery, 1 G 13.
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Chandler, Pte Harold, 4462396. Died between 21/3/43 and 23/3/43, serving with 6 DLI, aged 29. Son of R Chandler, and of Maud Chandler, of Boldon Colliery, Co Durham. Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, Face 29. DoD 15/3/43 on DCL; 3/43 on 1947 Army Roll.
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Charlton, L/Sgt James, 4462398. Died 13/10/43, serving with 16 DLI, aged 30. No CWGC Next of Kin details. Born Sunderland, enlisted Sunderland. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy, V A 12.
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Photograph Sunderland Echo 13/11/43: ‘L/Sgt J Charlton (30), DLI, 83 Forrest Road, killed in action.’
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Chandler, Pte Thomas Cairns, 4462399. Died 27/7/42, serving with 6 DLI, aged 28. Son of John Richard and Lilian Chandler; husband of Winifred Chandler, of Slough, Buckinghamshire. El Alamein War Cemetery, V1 D 12. DoD 13/7/42 on DCL; 7/42 on 1947 Army Roll.
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Clasper, Pte A E, 4462400, DLI. Stalag 344, POW No 34902.
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Photograph, Sunderland Echo, 19/8/42, p 5: ‘Pte A E Clasper (27), DLI, 13 Pleasant Row, Southwick (previously reported missing), now known to be prisoner of war.’
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Glasper, Pte John, 4462401. Died 18/6/44, serving with 6 DLI. Son of John W. and Mary A Glasper, of Willington, Co Durham. Tilly-sur-Suelles War Cemetery, 1 B 6.
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Crawford, Pte Thomas William, 4462405. Died as POW 1/8/44, aged 31. Captured in the Middle East serving with 6 DLI. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Helen Crawford; husband of Mary Jane Crawford, of Bowring Park, Liverpool. Born Sunderland, enlisted Sunderland. Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery, 10 G 5. Previously POW in Italy. Died on the same day and buried adjacent to Pte A G Arthur, 4459340, so presumably died in the same incident.
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Photograph, Photograph, Sunderland Echo, 1/8/42, p 5: ‘The following are missing in the Middle East.. Pte T W Crawford (29) 2 and 1/2 Broughham St.’
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Curtis, Pte T, 4462407, DLI. Stalag 4B, no POW number listed.
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Photograph, Sunderland Echo, 16/9/42, p 5: ‘Pte T Curtis (25) DLI, 2 Duncan Street, who is a prisoner of war in Italy.’
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Dawson, Pte Josiah, 4462409. Died 14/11/42, serving with 6 DLI, aged 29. Son of Mary A Dawson, of South Shields, Co Durham. Alamein Memorial, Column 68. Dod 10/11/42, on DCL; ‘1942’ on 1947 Army Roll, where the theatre of war is listed as Italy, so presumably died as a POW.
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Donkin, Pte R, 4462414, Stalag 344, POW No 82174.
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Photograph, Sunderland Echo, 12/10/42, p 5: ‘Pte R Donkin (22), DLI, 9 Addison Street.......previously reported missing, now prisoner of war.’
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Russell, L/Cpl C, 4462418. Captured by ELAS in Greece in 12/44 and released after several weeks while serving with 16
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DLI.
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Dowd, Pte A, 4462419, DLI. Stalag 4B, no POW no listed.
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Hartlepool Mail, 2/12/43: ‘Now in Germany. News of more local prisoners moved from Italy to Germany are........Pte Anthony Dowd, brother of Miss D Dowd, 3 Union Place, West Hartlepool.’
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Edgar, Pte Roger Nelson, 4462421. Died 28/4/41, serving with 9 DLI, battalion number not specified by CWGC, aged 26. No CWGC Next of Kin details. Born Gateshead, enlisted Gateshead. Gateshead East Cemetery, Div 34, Grave 215. ‘Robert Edgar’ on 1947 Roll. NEXT PAGE
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