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|Date of birth=23/3/1921
 
|Date of birth=23/3/1921
 
|Age=0
 
|Age=0
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - enlisted 8/7/1940 and served in the ranks.  Posted as Cadet to OCTU.  Emergency Commission in The Durham Light Infantry as 2/Lt 29/3/1941.  Posted to the Brancepeth ITC.  Posted 14th Bn DLI 9/9/1941.  Posted 11th Bn DLI.  Posted 70th Bde HQ as Liaison Officer 17/12/1943.  Unemployed list 1946.  TA - from Emergency Commission to be Captain 7/5/1951.  TARO 7/11/1955 Captain - retaining seniority.
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|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - enlisted 8/7/1940 and served in the ranks.  Posted as Cadet to OCTU.  Emergency Commission in The Durham Light Infantry as 2/Lt 29/3/1941.  Posted to the Brancepeth ITC.  Posted 14th Bn DLI 9/9/1941.  Posted 11th Bn DLI.  Posted 70th Bde HQ as Liaison Officer 17/12/1943.  Served Normandy.  Unemployed list 1946.  TA - from Emergency Commission to be Captain 7/5/1951.  TARO 7/11/1955 Captain - retaining seniority.
 
|Company/Battery=14th Bn - C Company, Recruit Company, 11th Bn - D Company.
 
|Company/Battery=14th Bn - C Company, Recruit Company, 11th Bn - D Company.
|Task or role=14th Bn - Duty Officer, Intelligence Officer, 11th Bn - Duty Officer, Seconded to Staff 1/7/1951.
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|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=11th Battalion - 18th Platoon.
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|Task or role=14th Bn - Duty Officer, Intelligence Officer11th Bn - Duty Officer, 18th Platoon Commander.  Seconded to Staff 1/7/1951.
 
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet known.
 
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet known.
 
|Promotions=W/S Lt 29/9/1942, T/Captain 30/11/1945.
 
|Promotions=W/S Lt 29/9/1942, T/Captain 30/11/1945.

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Personnel Entry

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Name Troupe George William
Army number 180307
Rank Lt
Decorations
Date of birth 23/3/1921
Age 0
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry - enlisted 8/7/1940 and served in the ranks. Posted as Cadet to OCTU. Emergency Commission in The Durham Light Infantry as 2/Lt 29/3/1941. Posted to the Brancepeth ITC. Posted 14th Bn DLI 9/9/1941. Posted 11th Bn DLI. Posted 70th Bde HQ as Liaison Officer 17/12/1943. Served Normandy. Unemployed list 1946. TA - from Emergency Commission to be Captain 7/5/1951. TARO 7/11/1955 Captain - retaining seniority.
Company/Battery 14th Bn - C Company, Recruit Company, 11th Bn - D Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role 14th Bn - Duty Officer, Intelligence Officer. 11th Bn - Duty Officer, 18th Platoon Commander. Seconded to Staff 1/7/1951.
Joined Brigade Date not yet known.
Promotions W/S Lt 29/9/1942, T/Captain 30/11/1945.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Died 23/12/1994 at Addiscombe, Croydon, Surrey. Probate granted 10/2/1995.
Home address Son of George Robert Troupe, Pharmacist of 89 Elwick Road, West Hartlepool. Educated West Hartlepool Grammar School and Durham University. Civil Servant - Economic Branch. Resident of West Hartlepool in 1946.
Source table 11DLI