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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Ford John William
|Army number=4461516
|Rank=Private.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - no exact date yet but probably 1940.  Underwent Basic Training - probably at No. 4 Infantry Training Centre.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Normandy.  Wounded.  Returned to the UK.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 14/5/1945.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
|Joined Brigade=On being posted to the 10th Battalion.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Yes - in Normandy.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).  No details yet.
}}