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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Thomas Ernest
|Army number=4443505
|Rank=Sergeant.
|Decorations=None yet known.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 29/4/1926 at Houghton-le-Spring as a Territorial for four years.  Posted to the 8th Battalion.  Discharged 28/4/1928 under the Terms of Engagement (this would suggest that he had originally signed up for two years).  Re-enlisted (date not known).  Posted to the 11th Battalion - possibly on 1/9/1939.  Served B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War - notification received 24/6/1940.  Repatriated.  Discharged 22/9/1944 under 1940 King's Regulations Para 390 (xvi).
|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known, but possibly 1/9/1939.
|Promotions=No details yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Yes - but PoW number and Camp details not yet known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=Father was listed as Next of Kin on original enlistment - Robert Thomas of 21 William Street, Hetton Downs.  Ernest worked as a miner at Hetton. 
}}