Nelson, Pte W S, 4464612. POW No 261828, Stalag 4D in 1/45.

Photograph Sunderland Echo, 12/11/43: 'Pte W S Nelson DLI, 113 Bruce Glasier Terrace, Shotton Colliery, reported missing, believed prisoner of war.'

Photograph Sunderland Echo, 24/12/43, p 4, 'missing in central Mediterranean.'

Page, Pte James, 4464617. Died 15/5/44, serving with 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), aged 28. Son of Thomas Reuben and Elizabeth Page, of Consett, Co Durham. Imphal War Cemetery, 1 A 21.

Quill, Pte Thomas Pace, 4464628. Died 21/11/44, serving with 6 DLI, aged 29. Son of Jane Quill, and stepson of George Wilmore Scouler, of Sunderland, Co Durham; husband of Mary Elizabeth Quill, of Humbledon, Sunderland. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands, 12 B 8.

Reed, L/Bdr Frederick Horatio Atkinson, 4464637. Died 5/3/43, serving with 6/3 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery, aged 30. No CWGC Next of Kin details. Born Gateshead, enlisted Gateshead. Chatham Naval Memorial, 74 1. Died at sea. 'Presumed killed in action.'

Robson, Pte W, 4464638, Stalag 4G in early 1945, POW No 228563.

PG 66, Italy in 1943.

Reeve, Pte James, 4464639. Died 16/6/44, serving with 13th Bn The King's Regiment, Liverpool, aged 32. Husband of Gladys Reeve, of Langley Moor, Co Durham. Rangoon War Cemetery, 6 C 9.

Taken POW in Burma 29/4/43, Japanese POW no 315, during the first Chindit expedition, 'Operation Longcloth'. Died in captivity. See this external site, which features his Japanese POW capture card:

http://www.chinditslongcloth1943.com/dli-commandos.html

Nelson, Pte W S, 4464642, DLI. Stalag 4D, POW No 261828.

Sisterson, Fus James William Edward, 4464652. Died 9/9/43, serving with 10th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers, aged 30. Son of William and Emily Sisterson; husband of Grace Ann Sisterson, of South Shields, Co Durham. Dehli Memorial, 6 F 5.

Teasdale, Pte J, 4464665. Captured by ELAS in Greece in 12/44 and released after several weeks while serving with 16 DLI.

Vincent, Pte George Athol, DCM, 4464672. From Gateshead. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct medal for actions with 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment in Burma. LG 28/6/45.

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37151/supplement/3383/data.pdf

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7366968

White, Pte John George, 4464674. Died 23/4/44, serving with 2 DLI, aged 28. Son of John William and Elizabeth Jane White. Rangoon Memorial, Face 17.

White, Pte Frank, 4464676. Died 26/7/44, serving with 11 DLI, aged 26. Son of Robert and Ada White, of Hunwick, Co Durham. Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery, France, III E 2.

Willis, Pte George 4464679. Died 22/4/43, serving with 16 DLI, aged 30. No CWGC Next of Kin details. Born South Shields, enlisted South Shields. Massicault War Cemetery, Tunisia, I M 8.

Wilson, Pte Vincent 4464681. Died 15/2/44, serving with 16 DLI. No CWGC age or Next of Kin details. Born Sunderland, enlisted and Sunderland. Anzio War Cemetery, II D 7. Photograph Sunderland Echo 11/3/44: 'Pte V Wilson, (28), DLI, 10 Peel St (late of The Retreat) has died of wounds.'

It's probable that the block of numbers assigned to 16 DLI at Edinburgh in 1940 begins around this point. Note the large number of confirmed 16 DLI soldiers in the sequence below who were with the unit from the start, compared to the scattered few in the listing above, which seems to be of men originally enlisted in 14 DLI.

Annakin, Pte George Robert, 4464684. Died 28/4/44, serving with 2 DLI, aged 29. Husband of Mabel Annakin, of Flanshaw, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Rangoon Memorial, Face 17.

Baldwin, Pte Alfred, 4464689. Died 23/9/43, serving with 16 DLI, aged 29. Born Bradford, enlisted Bradford. Son of Rose Baldwin; husband of Janet Victoria Baldwin, of Fairweather Green, Yorkshire. Casino Memorial, Panel 10.

Ball, Pte J, 4464690, DLI. POW in Italy in 1943.

Barker, Pte E, 4464691, DLI. Stalag 8B, POW No 127034. PG 82 in 1943.

Barrett, Pte Percy, 4464692. Died 17/5/45 serving with 16 DLI, aged 31. No CWGC Next of Kin details. Born Yorkshire, enlisted Yorkshire. Klagenfurt War Cemetery, Austria, 6 A 10.

Bawcombe, Pte William C 4464694. 16 DLI. Enlisted: July 1940. From Manningham, Yorkshire. Captured Sedjenane 27/2/43. Stalag 17B in early 1945, German POW Number 155051.