Liddle, Pte William Edmund, 4468109. Died 10/6/43, serving with 16 DLI, aged 23. No CWGC Next of Kin details. Born Newcastle-upon-Tyne, enlisted Somerset. Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, 7 E 8
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Carr, Cpl R C, 4468116, Stalag 344 in early 1945, POW No 35879.
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Holt, Pte Thomas, 4468117. Died 2/11/42, serving with 9 DLI. No CWGC age or Next of Kin details. Born Co Durham, enlisted Co Durham. El Alamein War Cemetery, XVII H 1.
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Bolton Pte J E, 4468119, DLI. Stalag 4G, POW No 227502. PG 65 in 1943.
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Brown, Pte Leslie, 4468120. Died 20/3/43, serving with 2 DLI, aged 36. Son of John Kay Brown, and Mary Sarah Brown; husband of Catherine Brown, of Winston, Co Durham. Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma, 12 H 19.
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Robdrup, Cpl 'then Sgt' Stanley, 4468123. Captured serving with 16 DLI, Sedjenane, 2/43. Subsequently escaped and regained Allied lines from Camp PG 53, Italy, in 9/43.
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See: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14083922
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Possibly on 1942 16 DLI Sgts photograph:
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http://stalag4d.atspace.co.uk/page149.html
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Barnfield, Pte Alfred, 4468137. Died 14/11/42, serving with 6 DLI, aged 35. Son of Mr and Mrs J G Barnfield, of Hartlepool, Co Durham. Alamein Memorial, Column 68. DoD 6/11/42 on DCL; 11/42 on 1947 Army Roll.
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Hartlepool Mail, 28/7/42, p 2: 'Mrs Barnfield, of 40 Millbank Crescent, East Hartlepool, has received news that her son, Alfred Barnfield of the DLI, has been reported missing in the Middle East.'
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Recorded by Red Cross and War Office as an Italian-held POW.
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Bell, Pte Thomas, 4468139. Died 4/5/44, Serving with 2 DLI, aged 39. Son of William and Margaret Bell, of Prudhoe, Northumberland; husband of Jane White Bell, of Prudhoe. Kohima War Cemetery, 4 B 6.
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Davidson, Cpl Peter, 4468160. Died 9/9/44, serving with 8 DLI, aged 33. Son of James Arnott Davidson and Elizibeth Davidson; husband of Sarah Davidson, of Gateshead, Co Durham. Brussels Town Cemetery, X 18 1.
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Doyle, L/Sgt Hugh, 4468163. Died as a POW, 30/12/42, aged 24. Captured serving with 8 DLI in North Africa. Son of Hugh and Annie Lizzie Doyle, of Consett, Co Durham. Caserta War Cemetery, Italy, IV A 13.
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Documents cpncerning death as a POW held by Durham Records Office, Ref: Doyle D/DLI 7/186/1-3
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Campaign Medals on display at DLI Museum:
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http://dlimuseum.durham.gov.uk/pgFullBiography.aspx?&BioId=25728&BioSurname=Doyle&AZ=Y
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Hunter, Pte R, 4468173. DLI. Served in 50 Division. Listed as a defendant in the 10/43 'Salerno Mutiny' trial.
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Myers, Pte A, 4468199, Stalag 4C, POW No 275213. PG 82, Italy in 1943.
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Myers, Cadet Norman, 4468200. Commissioned as Lt in the DLI, Personal No 300431. LG 16/11/43:
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http://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36247/supplement/5018/data.pdf
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Woolley, Pte Absolom, 4468217. Originally enlisted DLI. Re-enforcement draft to India, 1942. Served with the 142 Commando/13th Bn Kings (Liverpool) Regiment in Burma on first Chindit expedition, 'Operation Longcloth' and successfully regained India, 1943. See this external site:
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http://www.chinditslongcloth1943.com/dli-commandos.html
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Simm, Pte G, 4468219, DLI. Stalag 7A, POW No 262758.
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Trott, Cpl R G, 4468229, Stalag 357 in early 1945, POW No 18036. PG 82, Italy in 1943.
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Wilkinson, Cpl Edward Ward, 4468236, 16 DLI. Stalag 357, POW No 247441. Possibly captured Sedjenane, Tunisia, 3/43. POW Italy, 1943. Campaign Medals on display at DLI Museum:
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http://dlimuseum.durham.gov.uk/pgMedalSummary.aspx?&BioId=25730&BioSurname=Wilkinson&AZ=Y
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Young, Pte R R, 4468240, DLI. Stalag 4D, POW No 262085.
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Stubbs, Pte George, 4468241. Died 23/12/41, serving with 1 DLI, aged 20. Son of Benjamin and Anne Elizabeth Stubbs. Co Durham and Co Durham. Brookwood Memorial, Panel 14, Column 1.
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Photograph Sunderland Echo, 23/1/42 p 4: ''Pte George Stubbs (21) of 16 Grassmere Terrace, previously reported missing, now presumed to have been drowned.'
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Sunderland Echo, 7/2/42, p 4: 'Pte George Stubbs (21) of 16 Grassmere Terrace, previously reported missing, now known to have been drowned.'
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One of over 40 1st Bn DLI men who died on this date when their ship, the SS Shuntien, was torpedoed. See Liddle, Pte Charles Edward, 4468035, above for further details.
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Watson, Pte S H, 4468250, DLI. Stalag 4F, POW No 229258. PG 70 in 1943.
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