Steel, Pte Charles Raymond, 14481175. Died 5/1/46, serving with 4th Bn DLI, aged 17. Son of Charles and Ellen Steel. of Gateshead. Gateshead East Cemetery, Div 8, Grave 1730.
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Corbett, Pter Austin, 14491916. Commissioned as 2nd Lt DLI. LG 14/8/45:
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37217/supplement/4109
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Robson, Pte John, 14492347. Died 22/3/45, serving with 'Durham Light Infantry and No 6 Commando', aged 18. Son of John Richard and Mary Baxter Robson, of Consett, Co. Durham. Reichswald Forrest War Cemetery, 62 A 11.
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Ford, RSM Roy Charles, 14494778. Enlisted DLI 1945, served through to 1967 latterly as the last-but-one RSM of 1 DLI. Mentions in Despatches, LG, 13/12/66), for actions as RSM 1 DLI, during the Borneo Campaign in 1966. Medals on display at the DLI Museum. Brief biography and photograph:
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Prime, Pte Ronald Percy, 14497314. Died 12/8/44, serving with 10 DLI, aged 18. Son of Percy Alfred and Hilda Prime, of Cambridge. La Deliverande War Cemetery, Douvres, France, V E 7.
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Hoath, Pte Brian Henry, 14499233. Died 19/8/44, serving with 10 DLI, aged 18. Son of Alfred John and Maud Millie Hoath, of Chislehurst, Kent. Bayeux Memorial, France. Panel 17, Column 1
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Turner, Pte Albert, 14505617. Died 23/4/44, serving with 2 DLI, aged 33. Husband of Evelyn May Turner, of Toll End, Staffordshire. Rangoon Memorial, Burma, Face 17.
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Speeding, Pte Thomas, 14508700. Died 18/6/44, serving with 10 DLI, aged 19. Son of Isaac and Isabela Speeding, of South Shields, Co Durham. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery, France, I G 3.
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McClintock, Pte John, 14518618. Died 24/4/44, serving with 2 DLI, aged 21. Son of Frederick and Ethel McClintock, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Kohima War Cemetery, India, 4 D 8.
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Berridge, Pte Albert Kitchener, 14521011. Died 19/10/44, serving with 16 DLI, aged 29. Son of William and Maud Berridge; husband of Irene Elizabeth Berridge, of Meir, Staffordshire. Forli War Cemetery, Italy, I B 2. Originally enlisted General Service Corps.
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Black, Pte Robert Ewart, 14523821. Died 23/2/45, serving with 1 DLI, aged 22. Son of John Thomas Black and Edith Jane Black, of Anstey, Leicestershire. Bari War Cemetery, VII E 28.
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Crisp, Pte Thomas William, 14525805. Died 27/8/44, serving with 1 DLI. Age not recorded by CWGC. Son of William Thomas Crisp and Annie Elizabeth Crisp, of Camden Town, London. Arezzo War Cemetery, Italy, III D 21.
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McCartney, Pte John James, 14529637. Died 23/7/44, serving with 10 DLI, aged 20. Son of John James McCartney and Alice McCartney, of New Washington, Co Durham. Bayeux War Cemetery, I E 18.
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Gillespie, Pte George, 14530694. Died 4/10/44, serving with 9 DLI, aged 20. Son of James and Margaret Gillespie, of Falkirk, Stirlingshire. Arnhem Osterbeek War Cemetery, 12 C 12.
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Diment, Pte George, 14533243. Died 15/10/44, serving with 1 DLI, aged 20. Son of J and Grace Holmes Diment, of Hull. Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, XV C2.
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137081 344 Esson, Pte William B, 14540710, DLI. From Aberdeen. News item, reported missing believed POW, Aberdeen Weekly Journal, p 1. Letter from POW camp, 'previously reported missing has written to his parents from a prison camp in Germany,' Aberdeen Weekly Journal 29/9/44, p 4.
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91721 12A Smith, Pte A, 14546982, DLI
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Allen, L/Cpl Phillip Norman, 14547281. Died 29/6/44, serving with 10 DLI. Aged not recorded by CWGC. Son of Charles Hereward Allen and Evelyn Phyllis Allen, of St. Giles, Lincoln. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel, France, IV E 14.
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Lawton, Pte Lawrence, 14549159. Died 18/9/44, serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 9th Bn Durham
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Light Infantry, aged 39. Son of Patrick and Elizabeth Lawton; husband of Ruth Lena Lawton, of Carshalton, Surrey. Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium, III A 7.
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