Dowell, Sgt Harold Bertram, 4464740. 16 DLI. Captured Sedjenane 2/3/43, B Company. Enlisted July 1940. Stalag17A in early 1945 German POW Number 155054. See the 1942 B Coy photo:
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http://16dli.awardspace.com/page59.html
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From Spenborough district, West Riding, Yorks.
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POW Italy 1943. 1943 POW card from PG 66, Italy addressed to 'Mr and Mrs Goodwin, 68 Udimore Road, Rye, Sussex,' held by Durham Record Office, Ref Dowell D/DLI 7/183/1-4
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Drake, L/Sgt Joseph 4464742 MM. From Hemsworth, South Yorks. Enlisted directly into 16 DLI July 1940. HQ Coy, Carrier Platoon in 41-43.
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See 1942 16 DLI Sgts photograph:
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http://stalag4d.atspace.co.uk/page149.html
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Military Medal for actions on 3/3/43 at Sedjenane.
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LG 22/4/43:
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35987/supplement/1847/data.pdf
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http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7347372
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Interviewed at length by author for IWM Sound Archive in year 2000:
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http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80024567
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Extracts from interview transcript included in the 2011 book by Julian Thompson, Desert Victory.
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Brief biography on DLI Museum website:
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http://www.dlidurham.org.uk/Listen%20To%20The%20Soldier/Drake,Joseph.pdf
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Evans, Gnr W H, 4464744, RA. Originally enlisted 16 DLI, 7/40, captured with RA. Stalag 4DZ, POW No 249485. Previously held Italy.
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Goodburn, Pte E, 4464745, DLI. Originally enlisted 16 DLI. Served in 50 Division. Listed a defendant in the 10/43 'Salerno Mutiny' trial.
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Gale, Pte John Edward, 4464750. 16 DLI. Enlisted direct to 16 DLI, 17/7/40. Of 16 Consort Terrace, Belle Vue Rd, Leeds. Captured Sedjenane, Tunisia, 2/3/43. PG 66 17/3/43 to 25/6/43; PG 53 26/6/43 to 29/9/43; Stalag 7A, 1/10/43 to 2/11/43; Stalag 17A 1/10/43 to 2/11/43. Mistelback work camp, railway work, 2/12/43 to 6/4/45. POW No 154270.
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News item, Yorkshire Evening Post, 16/11/43, p 6: 'Pte J E Gale (30), Durham Light Infantry, wife lives Concert Terrace, Bell Vue Road, PG 53 to Stalag VIIA.'
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Girling, Cpl A, 4464753 Stalag 7A in early 1945 German POW Number 127478. Previously held Italy.
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Green, Pte H, 4464759, Stalag 4C, POW No 223564. Previously held Italy.
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Possibly: Yorkshire Evening Post, 2/4/43, p 6: 'Reported missing on active service in North Africa are....Pte Horace Green (29), wife lives at St Wilfrid's Circus, Gipton Estate, Leeds. Worked for Appleson's slipper manufacturers, Meanwood Road.'
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Hartley, Pte Ernest, 4464767. Died 15/6/42, serving with 9 DLI, aged 29. No CWGC Next of Kin details. Born Leeds, enlisted Leeds. Alamein Memorial, Column 68.
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Photograph Yorkshire Evening Post, 9/7/42, p 6: 'Mrs E Hartley, Woodview Road, Dewsbury Road, Leeds, has been informed that her husband, Pte Ernest Hartley of the Durham Light Infantry, has died of wounds in the Middle East.'
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Hartley, Pte R, 4464768. Mentioned in Despatches for services with the DLI in the CMF: LG 23/5/46
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37575/supplement/2468/data.pdf
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Head, Cpl W, 4464769, 16 DLI.
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Noted in 16 DLI War Diary as being at 83 Gen Hospital in 2/43. Stalag 357, German POW Number 223256. Previously held PG 82, Italy.
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Yorkshire Post, 5/4/43, p 3: 'Missing. Corporal Wilfred Head (28), Well Close Road, Leeds.'
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Photograph Yorkshire Evening Post, 1/12/43, p 3: 'Corporal W Head (30), wife lives at Well Close Road, PG 82 to Stalag IVB'
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Henderson, Sgt John Cook, 'Jack', 4464771. Enlisted directly to 16 DLI on its formation at Edinburgh in July 1940. From Northumberland. Served in the Mortar Platoon, 16 DLI, promoted to Sgt by 1942. Wounded in action and present at 95 British General Hospital, Italy, by 11/43. Subsequently with A Coy, No 3 Battalion, No 1 Infantry Reinforcement and Training Depot, Italy by 2/44. Posted to B Field Cookery Training Centre, Italy as Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) in 2/44. Extra details courtesy S Henderson.
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See this page for photographs and documents: http://16dli.atspace.co.uk/page2.html
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Holmes, Pte J, 4464774, 81766 Stalag 8A in 1945, German POW No 81766. Previously held Italy.
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Horn, Pte Lawrence Horace, 4464776. Died 15/9/43, serving with 16 DLI, aged 29. Son of Herbert William and Emma Horn. Huddersfield and Yorkshire. Salerno War Cemetery, III D 8.
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Judge, Pte J, 4464785, Enlisted July 1940. Stalag 344 in early 1945 POW Number 81683. PG 66, Italy in 1943.
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Land, Pte G E 4464787. Stalag 4B in 1945, POW No 251352, 'A' Company, 16 DLI, wounded and captured Sedjenane circa
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