Fowler, Pte Arthur, 4469189, 16 DLI, B Company, see 1942 photo:
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http://16dli.awardspace.com/page59.html
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Bricklayer, 17 Brougham Terrace, West Hartlepool. Wounded and captured 2/3/43, Sedjenane. Previously Camps PG 206 3/43 to 6/43; PG 66 6/43 to 7/43; and PG 70, 8/43 to 9/43, Italy. At Stalag 4F work camp ‘R 129 Rachau’, in Germany, labouring, from 11/43 to 5/45. POW No 260301.
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News item Hartlepool Mail, 14/4/43: 'War Prisoner. Mrs E Fowler, of 17 Brougham Terrace, has received a postcard from her husband, Private Arthur Fowler, of the DLI, stating that he is a prisoner in Italian hands. He was reported missing last month.'
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Gales, Gnr J E, 4469192. Captured Tunisia serving with 16 DLI. Escaped at Italian Armistice from PG 53, 15/9/43. Previously held PG 66
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Mentioned in Despatches for services with the Royal Artillery in NW Europe. LG 4/4/46:
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37521/supplement/1682/data.pdf
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Gosling, Pte Henry, 4469200. Originally enlisted DLI, 4 ITC, Brancepth, 12/41. Reinforcement draft to India, 1942.
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Served with 142 Commando Chindits in 1943, did not take part in expedition behind enmey lines. See:
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http://www.chinditslongcloth1943.com/dli-commandos.html
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Gray, Pte Eric Kevin, 4469203. Enlisted DLI, 4 ITC, Brancepeth, 1941. Reinforcement draft to India, 1942. Served with 142 Commando Chindits in 1943, 'Operation Longcloth and successfully returned India. See:
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http://www.chinditslongcloth1943.com/dli-commandos.html
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Greenhald, Pte Ernest, 4469204. Enlisted 4 ITC, Brancepeth, 12/41. Reinforcement draft to India 1942. Served with 142 Commando Chindits in 1943, hospitalized before first expedition. See:
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http://www.chinditslongcloth1943.com/dli-commandos.html
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Greenwell, Pte G, 4469206. 16 DLI in 1943. 183 Field Ambulance 3/4/43.
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Hampton, L/Sgt Robert, 4469213. Died 27/6/44 serving with 11 DLI. Son of Joseph and Elsie Hampton; husband of Audrey Johnson Hampton, of Seaham Harbour, Co Durham. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel, France, IV D 2.
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Hann, Sgt S, 4469214, AAC. Originally enlisted DLI, 4 ITC, Brancepeth, 12/41. Stalag 4B, POW No 76307.
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Harrison, Pte Ernest 4469217. Died 28/4/44, serving with 2 DLI, aged 23. No CWGC Next of Kin details. Born Middlesbrough, enlisted Yorkshire. Rangoon Memorial, Face 17.
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Harrison, Pte Thomas, 4469219. 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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Hart, Pte Richard 4469220, 16 DLI. Bricklayer. Of 52 Percy Street, Middlesbrough. Enlisted 4 ITC, Brancepeth, 11/12/41. Captured 2/3/43 Sedjenane. Previously at Camps PG 66, 4/43 to 6/43 and PG 53, Italy, 6/43 to 9/43. Stalag 4G work camp Wurzen 11/43 to 9/44, labouring and, [camp indecipherable], 9/44 to 2/45, labouring. Escaped with J Bennison and J Blackstock on 12/4/45 and reached US forces on 25/4/45. German POW Number 227779.
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Hobson, Pte Arthur Harvey, 4469229. Enlisted DLI, 4 ITC, Brancepeth, 12/41. Of 1 Hutton Road, Hutton Cranswick, Yorks. Re-enforcement draft to India, 1942. Captured by Japanese, serving with the 142 Commando/13th Bn Kings (Liverpool) Regiment in Burma, 24/4/43. Liberated 4/45.
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See this external site:
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http://www.chinditslongcloth1943.com/dli-commandos.html
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Hubbard, Pte Michael. From Murton, Co Durham. A bricklayer pre and postwar. Mentioned by my father as a Brancepeth recruit in 12/41.
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Hunt, Cpl Roy 4469237. Died 27/6/44, serving with 11 DLI. No CWGC age or Next of Kin details. Born Yorkshire, enlisted Yorkshire. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux, France, V J 3.
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See this site for a wartime photograph with his wife:
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http://70brigade.newmp.org.uk/wiki/Hunt_Roy_Cpl_4469237
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Hunter, Pte (Acting Cpl) James, MM, 4469238. From Washington, Co Durham. Awarded Military Medal for actions with 8 DLI in NW Europe in 1944. LG 1/3/45:
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36961/supplement/1183/data.pdf
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http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C9119334
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Hunter, Pte James 4469239. Died 15/1/42, during basic training period with 4 ITC at Brancepeth. Son of Isaac and Margaret Hunter, of South Shields. South Shields (Harton) Cemetery, Sec 9, Grave 8106.
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Hunter, Sgt Joseph, 4469240. Died 8/6/45, serving with 1st Bn Leicestershire Regiment, aged 25. Son of Miles and Caroline Hunter, of Seaham, Co Durham; husband of Irene Hunter, of Seaham. Munster Heath War Cemetery, 2 C 5.
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Died in a road accident. Portrait photograph here:
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