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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Hamilton Charles Denis
|Army number=90293
|Rank=2/Lt
|Decorations=D.S.O. 5/4/1945, T.D. 1975
|Date of birth=6/12/1918
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 8th Bn DLI 21/6/1939, Embodied 24/8/1939, Posted 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39, B.E.F., Iceland, Commanding Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944, Trf Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Posted 7th Bn DoWR in command,  Released 1946 as Hon Lt Col, TARO - Major 1/4/1948
|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, C Company, D Company, Bn HQ
|Task or role=Signals Officer, Adjutant 4/7/1940,  Company Commander, 2 i/c 4/8/1942, C.O. 8/8/1944
|Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39
|Promotions=A/Captain 4/7/1940, W/S Lt and T/Captain 10/9/1940, W/S Captain and T/Major 20/9/1941, A/Lt-Col 8/8/1944, T/Lt-Col 5/4/1945.
|Died/Killed in action=7/4/1988
|Home address=Son of Charles and Helene Hamilton.  Educated Middlesbrough High School and London University.  Married 1939 Olive, daughter of Thomas Hedley Wanless.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

Author of the autobiography "Editor in Chief" published 1989 by Hamish Hamilton Ltd.