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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Brewis James
|Army number=89565
|Rank=2/Lt
|Decorations=M.C. 19/10/1944
|Age=24
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - 2/Lt 8th Bn 17/6/1939, Embodied 24/8/39, Posted 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39, Iceland, Instructor - 49th Division Battle School, Wounded and evacuated beyond Regimental Aid Post 1/7/1944, DIED of WOUNDS 6/7/1944.
|Company/Battery=A Coy, C Coy
|Task or role=Pln. Cdr., Coy 2i/c 12/7/1943, Coy Cdr 27/6/1944
|Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39
|Promotions=T/Capt, A/Major
|Wounded=1/7/1944
|Died/Killed in action=06-Jul-44
|Home address=Born April 1920, Son of William and Edith Jane Brewis, Whittingham, Northumberland.  Battalion records show his number as 98565. Ranked as Major at the time of his death. Buried Grave III. J. 9. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.
|Source table=11DLI
}}