3/43. Previously at PG 206 Military hospital, 1943.

Lloyd, Pte John William, 4464792. Died 21/12/43, serving with 10th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers, aged 31. Son of Thomas and Alice Lloyd, of Barnsley, Yorkshire; husband of Alice Lloyd, of Barnsley. Dehli War Cemetery, 4 E 11.

Mallinson, Pte F, 4464797, Stalag 7A, POW No 82160. Previously held Italy.

Midgley, Pte Jack, 4464804. Died 21/5/43, serving with 16 DLI, aged 28. Born Yorkshire, enlisted Yorkshire. Son of Percy and Emma Midgley; husband of Florence Jane Midgley, of Thwaites Brow, Keighley, Yorkshire. Massicualt War Cemetery, Tunisia, VI N 12.

Photograph, Sunderland Echo, 5/7/43: 'Pte J Midgley, DLI, 57 Seventh Street, Horden has died of wounds in the Middle East.'

Miller, L/Cpl Eric Stanley, 4464806. Died 14/11/42, serving with 8 DLI, aged 29. Son of Edward and Emily S Miller, of Yeadon, Yorkshire. Alamein Memorial, Column 67.

Reported wounded, news item Yorkshire Post, 17/8/42, p 3: 'L/Cpl Eric S Miller (29) Durham Light Infantry, Marshall Street, Yeadon, Leeds.'

News item Yorkshire Post, 12/9/42, p 5: 'Missing.....L/Cpl Eric S Miller (29), Durham Light Infantry, Marshall St, Yeadon, Leeds. Previously reported wounded.'

News item Yorkshire Evening Post, 14/11/42, p 5: previously reported wounded and missing in the Middle East, is a prisoner in the hands of the Italians.'

Listed as POW, Italy, PG 154, 1943.

Newsholme, Pte F 4464809 Stalag 344 in early 1945, POW no 34198. Not listed Italy.

Nodder, Pte William 4464810. Died between 27/2/43 and 1/3/43, serving with 16 DLI. Son of J F and Nellie Nodder. of Castleford. Yorkshire. Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, Face 29.

Parker, Pte F, 4464811, Stalag 344 in early 1945, POW No 30630.

Photograph Yorkshire Evening Post, 9/12/42, p 6: 'The following are reported prisoners in Italy, Pte Fred Parker (29), Durham Light Infantry, wife lives at Evelyn Place, Wortley, Leeds.'

PG 116 in 1943.

Procter, Cpl W E, 4464817. Mentioned in Despatches for services with the Royal Signals in Burma. LG 7/5/46:

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37558/supplement/2213/data.pdf

Raphaelson, L/Sgt Israel, 4464821. From Leeds. Enlisted 16 DLI on its formation in 7/40. Served in Mortar Platoon. Featured on 1942 16 DLI Mortar Platoon photograph:

http://16dli.atspace.co.uk/page3.html

Captured Salerno, 23/9/43. Stalag 11A in early 1945, POW No 139187.

Portrait photograph on this external site:

http://durhamlightinfantry.webs.com/thosewhoproudlyserved.htm

Photograph, Yorkshire Evening Post, 13/11/43, p 5: 'News has been received that L/Sgt I Raphaelson (28), DLI, whose wife lives at Manor Grove, Poternewton Lane and parents in Hawkins Street, Leeds, is a prisoner in Germany.'

Robinson, Geoffrey, 4464826, L/Sgt, 16 DLI, possibly A Coy, possibly on 1942 16 DLI Sgts group photo, captured Sedjenane, 27/2/43. Previously in camps PG 66 and PG 53 in Italy. At Stalag 4B from 22/9/43 according to 1945 POW questionaire. From North Ella Willerby, Hull. Stalag 4B, POW No 226356.

Present at 183 Field Ambulance in early 1/43.

Sefton, L/Cpl Edward, 4464831, Stalag 7A in early 1945, POW No 125724. From Bradford. With the Battalion from its formation, enlisting 17/7/40. Initially, after basic training, in the Pioneer Platoon, HQ Coy from 12/40. With C Coy at time of capture, 6/12/43, attacking Point 430, near La Valle, Italy. Held at Feldpost Nr 31979, Spleto, northern Italy from 9/12/43 to 28/12/43. Arrived Stalag 7A Mooseburg 30/12/43; sent to work camp AK 3732, Hindenberg Strasse, Munich, on 23/2/44. In a letter home dated as received on 9/4/44 he remarks: 'I was captured Dec 6th so didn't get any of your Xmas mail. The day after I was captured I met up with six more chaps of the Coy who had been captured before me, so the seven of us have stuck together, so I have some pals and there's three more chaps from Bradford here...' In a letter marked as received on 28/5/44 he mentions 'eight lads of the Battalion who were captured just a while before me....' which suggests at least nine 16 DLI men, including himself, were at AK 3732, which was one of the larger work camps. Liberated at Stalag 7A by US forces on 30/4/45, and flown home by USAAF and the RAF, arriving on 11/5/45. Extra details from Brian Sefton. See an early war photograph featuring Edward Sefton and six mystery 16 DLI colleagues and also assorted 1940-45 documents here:

http://powbooks.atspace.co.uk/page120.html

Senior, L/Cpl Harry, 4464832. 16 DLI. Died 29/8/44, serving with 16 DLI, aged 30. Son of Arthur and Annie Senior, of Leeds, Yorkshire; husband of Amy Senior, of Leeds. Montecchio War Cemetery, Italy, II C 9. Served in Intelligence GQ Company. See the 1944 Intelligence Section photograph:

http://16dli.awardspace.com/page66.html

Shaw, Cpl J T, 4464834, Stalag 11A in 1/45, German POW No 142460. Previously held Italy.

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