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.

Corbett, Pter Austin, 14491916. Commissioned as 2nd Lt DLI. LG 14/8/45:
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37217/supplement/4109

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.

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:
http://dlimuseum.durham.gov.uk/pgFullBiography.aspx?&BioId=25802&BioSurname=Ford&AZ=Y

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

91721 12A Smith, Pte A, 14546982, DLI

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.

Lawton, Pte Lawrence, 14549159. Died 18/9/44, serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 9th Bn Durham
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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