Butterton, Pte Harry, 4469142. Enlisted 4 ITC Brancepeth, 11/12/41. Bricklayer, of 1 North Cliffe, South Church, near Bishop Auckland, Co Durham. 16 DLI, captured Tunisia, 10/3/43. PG 82 Italy, 27/3/43 to 17/9/43; Stalag 4B from 17/9/43 to 4/10/43. Lager 255 workcamp of Stalag 4G, Markranstadt (sugar factory and gasworks), 4/10/43 to 1/11/44; Lager 371, Leipzig (labouring for contractor) 1/11/44 to 14/4/45. POW No 224415.
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Byrne, L/Cpl Joseph, 4469143, 16th DLI. Enlisted 4 ITC, Brancepeth, 11/12/41. Bricklayer. Of Muriel St, South Moor, Stanley, Co Durham. 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 30/4/45. Work camp A/320 Pitten, paper mill, 26/11/43 to 30/4/45. Escaped 30/3/45 and reached Russian troops on 1/4/45, with Pte Bexton (POW No 153196), Sapper G Craighead (153249) and Pte W Brett (153207). German POW Number 153179.
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Campbell, Pte George, 4469144, 16 DLI. Enlisted 4 ITC, Brancepeth, 11/41. Bricklayer, of 50 Raglan St, Jarrow. Captured Sedjenane, Tunisia, 3/3/43. Camp PG 53 in Italy, 24/4/43 to 29/9/43. Railway work at Klitschmar work camp from 4/10/43. Sabotage activities according to 1945 Returned POW questionaire: 'Opening railway trucks, stealing food and destroyed supplies Halle.' POW Number 226337.
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Shields Gazette, 6/4/43, posted 'missing.'
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Campbell, Pte Sydney, 4469145. From North Shields. Enlisted DLI, 4 ITC Brancepeth, 12/41, 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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See also this page for several photographs of Pte Campbell and 13th Kings Regt colleagues in India:
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http://www.chinditslongcloth1943.com/the-bricklayers-of-column-4-commando.html
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Cardwell, Pte Wilson, 4469146. Died between 21/3/43 and 23/3/43, serving with 9 DLI, aged 22. Son of Jane Cardwell, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, Face 29. DoD 18/3/43 on DCL; 3/43 on 1947 Army Roll.
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Charles, Pte J, 4469151, Stalag 17A in early 1945 German POW Number 154883. Previously held at PG 66, Italy.
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Cooper, Pte Benjamin 4469158. Died 5/9/44, serving with 2nd/5th Bn Leicestershire Regiment, aged 22. Son of Benjamin Frederick and Elizabeth Helena Cooper, of Cleadon, Co Durham. Montecchio War Cemetery, IV D 2.
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Coyne, Pte Gerald, 4469159. Enlisted DLI, 4 ITC Brancepeth, 12/41, 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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Davison, L/Cpl John George, 4469161, 16th DLI. Bricklayer. Of 2 Woodside Terrace, East Herrington, nr Sunderland, Co Durham. Enlisted 4 ITC, Brancepeth, 12/41. Captured Salerno, 14/9/43. Stalag 8B Lamsdorf, 11/43 to 1/44; Stalag 8A, work camp, railways Konigshan Sud, 4/1/44 to 8/5/45.
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German POW Number 34596.
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Dawson, Pte John, 4469165, 16 DLI, enlisted 4 ITC, Brancepeth, 12/41. Bricklayer, of Ambler House, Victoria Rd, Washington, Co Durham. Captured with 16 DLI Sedjenane, Tunisia, 2/3/43. PG 66 3/43 to 6/43; PG 53 6/43 to 9/43; Stalag 7A 9/43 to 11/43; Stalag 17A 11/43 to 12/43; Stalag 398 12/43 to 5/45, forestry work. POW No 155010.
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Dodgin, Pte Norman 4469173. C Company, 16 DLI in 1942-43. Served in an Infantry Replacement Depot (IRTD) in Italy in 1943-45. Played football for the Army. Played professionally for Newcastle Utd postwar.
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Donkin, Crftsmn Henry 4469174. Died 31/7/45, serving with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, aged 24. No CWGC Next of Kin details. Born Sunderland, enlisted Sunderland. Castricum Protestant Churchyard, Netherlands, Plot G, Joint Grave 19.
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Eden, Pte J, 4469178, Stalag 4A in 1945, POW No 248134.
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Previously wounded and held at PG 206 Military Hospital camp, 1943.
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Edwards, Pte Ernest, 4469179, B Company, 16th DLI, see 1942 group photo:
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http://16dli.awardspace.com/page59.html
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Enlisted 4 ITC, Brancepeth, 12/41. Bricklayer, of 8 Elsdon St, Stockton on Tees. Captured Sedjenane, 2/3/43. PG 66 17/3/43 to 8/6/43; PG 53 from 10/6/43 to 20/9/43; 7A from 22/9/43 to 2/11/43; 17A from 4/11/43 to 29/11/43; 'Rohbau' work camp, building work, 29/11/43 to 1/4/45. Liberated by Russians on 3/4/45 after escaping from march from Kaisersteinbruck to Vienna with rest of working party. POW No 153698.
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Ellison, Pte William 4469183. Died 16/7/45 serving with 6th Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers, aged 25. Son of Thomas and Henrietta Ellison, of Wingate, Co Durham. Hamburg Cemetery, 1A B 4.
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Fordy, Pte H, 4469188. Enlisted DLI, 4 ITC Brancepeth, 12/41, 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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