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|Date of birth=Born 12/4/1904 Brandon, County Durham.  Birth registered Q2 1904.
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|Age=54 at the time of his death.
 
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry on 4/8/1925, aged 21, at Durham, as a Regular Soldier for 7/5.  Postings to Battalion(s) are not yet known, until he was posted to 10th Battalion DLI - probably on 1/9/1939.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland?  Transferred to the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers on 11/10/1942 and posted to the 30th Battalion.  
 
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry on 4/8/1925, aged 21, at Durham, as a Regular Soldier for 7/5.  Postings to Battalion(s) are not yet known, until he was posted to 10th Battalion DLI - probably on 1/9/1939.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland?  Transferred to the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers on 11/10/1942 and posted to the 30th Battalion.  
 
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|Died/Killed in action=Died December 1958.  Death registered Q4 1958 at Eton, Buckinghamshire.  (Various family members appeared to have moved to this area).
|Home address=Employed as a Miner and lived at Brandon.  
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|Home address=Father- Herbert Dolan McDermott (1866 - 1947), mother - Catherine Donoghue (1866 - 1942).  At the time of the 1911 Census he was living in Middlesbrough with his aunt and uncle.  Employed as a Miner and lived at Brandon.  Married Eleanor (Ellen) Annie Figgoa (1908 - 1999) in June 1928 at Newcastle.
 
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Personnel Entry

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Name McDermott Philip
Army number 4444879
Rank Sergeant.
Decorations None yet known beyond service medals.
Date of birth Born 12/4/1904 Brandon, County Durham. Birth registered Q2 1904.
Age 54 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry on 4/8/1925, aged 21, at Durham, as a Regular Soldier for 7/5. Postings to Battalion(s) are not yet known, until he was posted to 10th Battalion DLI - probably on 1/9/1939. Served B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Transferred to the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers on 11/10/1942 and posted to the 30th Battalion.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade Not yet known for certain but probably 1/9/1939 or shortly thereafter.
Promotions No details yet.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died December 1958. Death registered Q4 1958 at Eton, Buckinghamshire. (Various family members appeared to have moved to this area).
Home address Father- Herbert Dolan McDermott (1866 - 1947), mother - Catherine Donoghue (1866 - 1942). At the time of the 1911 Census he was living in Middlesbrough with his aunt and uncle. Employed as a Miner and lived at Brandon. Married Eleanor (Ellen) Annie Figgoa (1908 - 1999) in June 1928 at Newcastle.
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