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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Franks Eric
|Army number=4443720
|Rank=Sergeant
|Decorations=None yet known, beyond service medals.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=Not yet known.
|Unit=Served in the 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry as 300894.  Enlisted in the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry (TA) for four years on 18/3/1926, aged 27, at Bishop Auckland.  Posted to 10th Battalion DLI - possibly on 1/9/1939.  Served B.E.F.?  Transferred to the 30th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 1/10/1940.  Transferred back to The Durham Light Infantry and posted to the 13th Battalion 20/12/1940.  Granted A Release 5/7/1948.  Ext 1954.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=No details yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=
|Home address=Worked as a miner and lived at Sunnybrow.  Married Jane ELizabeth Hamilton 10/1/1920 at Durham.  Son, born at Sunnybrow.
}}