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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Dempster John
|Army number=56399
|Rank=Lt
|Decorations=M.i.D.
|Age=0
|Unit=London Scottish 1/8/29 - 20/6/30.  DLI - 2/Lt 9th Bn DLI 30/7/1933, Rejoined 10/6/1937, TARO 12/2/1938, Emb 24/8/1939, 12th Bn 4/9/1939, Trf Black Watch 20/12/1939, Posted 1 TS 1/2/1940, Prisoner of War May 1940, Rep 1944. Major (RA) TA 1/5/47.
|Company/Battery=B Coy
|Task or role=CO
|Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39
|Promotions=Lt 30/7/36, T/Capt 1/12/39, Capt & T/Major 1/8/44.
|Prisoner of War=PoW Germany
|Home address=Born 1910.  Educ Royal Grammar School, Newcastle. Wounded and captured.  TARO (BW) 30/4/1949 - 11/5/1960 as Major.  144, Grainger St. Newcastle, 46, Moorside, Fenham, Newcastle.  122 Sidney Grove, Newcastle.  Died 1979.
|Source table=1TS
}}