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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Witherspoon John William
|Army number=4454653
|Rank=Cpl
|Date of birth=13/8/1920
|Age=0
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 20/4/1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Embodied 1/9/1939.  Posted 11th Bn DLI (probably 1/9/1939).  ? BEF.  Served Iceland.  ? Served Normandy.  Posted ? Bn DLI on Brigade disbandment.   Trf Royal Army Service Corps 28/9/44, docs to Hastings 24/10/44.  Class Z Army Reserve 16/6/1946.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=No family information as yet.
|Source table=11DLI
}}


Genealogical research has not yet been able to definitively identify this man - no trace yet of a birth date which matches that included on Army records, which prevents specific identification of death or marriage - for which there are several with the same name in the area.