Beach, Pte J W, 4466363, DLI. Possibly Bill Beach, B Coy, 16 DLI. Stalag 398, POW No 154654. See 1942 group photo.
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Bell, Pte G J H, 4466366, DLI. Stalag 18A, POW No 8323.
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Bennison, Pte J, 4466368, DLI. Stalag 4G, POW No 266201. Spelled 'Bennsion' 1945 list
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Brown, Pte N, 4466374, DLI. Stalag 344, POW No 34987
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Brown, Pte T P, 4466375, DLI. Stalag 344, POW No 34818
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Dowson, Sgt D, 4446382, DLI. Stalag 8C, POW No 90174.
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Brownlee, Cpl Thomas L, 4466385. 16 DLI, POW No 153155. 153155 7A, in 1/45. Brownlee, 16 DLI. Enlisted 26/7/40. Of 60 Eldon Place, Newcastle upon Tyne. Captured Sedjenane, Tunisia, 2/3/43. Camp PG 98, Sicily, 18/3/43 to 14/4/43; PG 53 14/4/43 to 9/43; Stalag 7A 9/43 to 11/43; Stalag 17A 11/43 to 21/4/45; workcamp 320 Pitten, Austria, paper mill, 26/11/43 to 31/4/45.
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Escapes attempted: 'Yes, escaped from A/320 G W Pitten on 31/4/45 and contacted Russian forces on 1/5/45. My companions Sgt Constable and Cpl Millward also contacted Russian forces.'
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Sabotage: 'From 26/11/43 - 31/4/45 whilst at A/320 I several times caused electrical power to fuse, also destroying various tools etc.'
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Cant, L/Cpl Leslie, 4466387. Died 19/6/43, serving with 16 DLI, aged 34. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Cant; husband of Ella Cant, of Consett, Co Durham. Bone War Cemetery, Algeria, II F 3.
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Chapman, Pte Francis John, 4466393. Died 8/10/41, serving with 16 DLI, aged 31. Son of John and Ella Mary Chapman, of Thornton Hall, Aysgarth. Aysgarth (St Andrew) Churchyard), Yorkshire, North Side.
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News item Yorkshire Post, 1/9/42, p 4 'Latest wills Private Francis John Chapman, Durham Light Infantry, of Thornton Hall, Aysgarth, for nine years Master of the Wensleydale Hounds (net personalty £8,018), £17,671.'
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News item Gloucester Journal, 5/9/42 p 2: 'A private in the Durham Light Infantry, Francis John Chapman, of Aysgarth, Yorkshire, killed by a lorry only a few weeks after joining the Army, left £17,671.'
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News item reporting funeral and mourners, Yorkshire Post, 14/10/41, p 3..
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Christie, Sgt John, 4466396. Died 20/9/44, serving with 16 DLI, aged 33. Son of John and Sarah Christie, of South Shields, Co Durham; husband of Mary Ellen Christie, of South Shields. Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, XVIII A 10.
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Clark, Pte Matthew, 4466398, Stalag 8B, POW No 274833. From Hartlepool, born 20/2/10. Captured in the desert in 1942. Camps PG 66, PG 53 and PG 146 in Italy. Escaped at Italian Armistice in September 1943. Recaptured 15/12/43. Via Stalag 4B and 8B, work Camps E 744 Kazimiers and E 580, Satan. On the ‘long march’ West from Kazimiers beginning 19/1/45. Liberated by US forces between Hilvershime and Brookbach.
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Coates, Pte E E, 4466400, Stalag 4B, POW No 248544.
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Curtis, Pte F C, 4466410, Stalag 344 in early 1945, POW No 35151.
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Davison, Rfn Henry, 4466413. Died 27/11/42, serving with 1st Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps, aged 32. No CWGC Next of Kin details. Benghazi War Cemetery, 7 A 16.
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Davison, Pte M H, 4466414, Stalag 8B, POW No 266652.
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Di Duca, Pte Bragia ‘Ben’ 4466417. From Hartlepool. See documents on this page:
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http://16dli.atspace.co.uk/page71.html
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Dodds, Pte Garnett, 4466419. Died 12/6/43, serving with 16 DLI, aged 32. Son of George and Eliza Jane Dodds; husband of Gladys Mary Dodds, of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, 7 E 6.
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Douglas, Pte Robert, MM, 4466422. 16 DLI. From Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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Mentioned in Despatches for services with DLI in Italy. LG 29/11/45:
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http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37368/supplements/5816
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Awarded Military Medal, periodic award, LG 13/12/45:
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http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37386/supplements/6078
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http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7356159
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Draffan, L/Cpl R D, 4466424, DLI. Stalag 7A, POW No 125858.
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Esson, Pte William, 4466432. Died 26/2/44, serving with Army Catering Corps, attached 16 DLI, aged 32. Son of
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James and Sarah Esson. Born Co Durham, enlisted Co Durham. Panel 21, Brookwood Memorial, Column 21, Panel 2. Died at sea.
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Featherstone, Fus Harry, 4466433. Died 18/6/42, serving with 2nd/8th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers, aged 31. Son of Joseph
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