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|Army number=4455849
 
|Army number=4455849
 
|Rank=Pte
 
|Rank=Pte
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|Date of birth=Born County Durham - date not yet known.
 
|Age=0
 
|Age=0
|Unit=11 DLI
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|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but likely to have been early May 1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served BEF.  Listed MISSING 11/5/40, 31/5/40, 20/6/40.  Enlistment Book shows he DIED on 24/5/40.
|Died/Killed in action=15/5/1940 00:00:00
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|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Home address=Son of Fred and Bella McParlin, Husband of Alice McParlin, Houghton-le-Spring. Death ? up to 24 5 40
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|Died/Killed in action=15-May-40 (according to CWGC).
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|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of Fred and Bella McParlin, husband of Alice McParlin, Houghton-le-Spring. Buried Plot 2. Row F. Grave 1. [[WANQUETIN CEMETERY]] Wanquetin Communal Cemetery Extension.
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|Image Name=McParlin_R_D_T_4455849_11_DLI.JPG
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|Image Title=Pte R D T McParlin's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
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The DLI Roll of Honour shows the date of death as 20/5/1940.  The War Office casualty list has 5/40 only, with no day shown.  Information on the interment of the casualties at [[MERCATEL]] and [[FICHEUX]] will be studied to ascertain which date is likely to be most accurate.

Latest revision as of 10:39, 22 April 2018

Personnel Entry

Pte R D T McParlin's CWGC headstone.
Pte R D T McParlin's CWGC headstone.

Name McParlin Robert Dixon Turner
Army number 4455849
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born County Durham - date not yet known.
Age 0
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but likely to have been early May 1939. Posted ? 8th Bn DLI. Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served BEF. Listed MISSING 11/5/40, 31/5/40, 20/6/40. Enlistment Book shows he DIED on 24/5/40.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 15-May-40 (according to CWGC).
Home address Resident of County Durham. Son of Fred and Bella McParlin, husband of Alice McParlin, Houghton-le-Spring. Buried Plot 2. Row F. Grave 1. WANQUETIN CEMETERY Wanquetin Communal Cemetery Extension.
Source table 11DLI

The DLI Roll of Honour shows the date of death as 20/5/1940. The War Office casualty list has 5/40 only, with no day shown. Information on the interment of the casualties at MERCATEL and FICHEUX will be studied to ascertain which date is likely to be most accurate.