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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Barlow Andrew Douglas
|Army number=258710
|Rank=2/Lt
|Decorations=None known so far.
|Date of birth=9/3/1919
|Age=62 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted (possibly conscripted) 15/11/1939 in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment.  Served in the ranks of 1/6 DWR 1939/42 as 4617262. Basic training at Halifax.  Posted to HQ Company, 1/6 DWR in the Mortar Platoon.  Served Norway.  Served Iceland.  Selected for OCTU 25/4/1942.  Posted 161 OCTU 9/9/1942 - 6/1/1943.  Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 7/1/1943.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 13/1/1943. Served Normandy.  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.  Attached  to the Essex Regiment 30/9/1944, posted 2nd Bn.  OC of 3" Mortar Platoon with 2 Essex from Sep 1944 to the end of the War.  Transferred back to DLI.  Posted 9th Bn DLI 6/11/45.  Attached to 56 Brigade as Officer Commanding RASC Composite Platoon.  Posted 56 Infantry Brigade Staff 15/2/1946 as Brigade GSO3.  Possibly posted to 53rd Division on the disbandment of 56 Brigade.  Posted to 2nd Infantry Division 1/2/1947.  Released 7/5/1947 as Hon Captain.
|Company/Battery=S, B, Support Company.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Mortar Platoon.
|Task or role=Platoon Commander 13/1/1943 onwards (Rifle Platoon then 3rd (Mortar) Platoon within Support Company).  Company Commander September 1944.  Brigade Staff Officer 1946.
|Joined Brigade=13-Jan-43.
|Promotions=Lance Corporal June 1940.  Corporal.  Sergeant - possibly October 1941.  Commissioned 7/1/1943.  W/S Lt 7/7/43, T/Capt 19/9/44.
|Died/Killed in action=Died aged 62 21/5/1981 Gainsborough - death registered Worksop District June 1981.  (McGregor records state year of death was 1983).    Probate granted 28/7/1981 at Sheffield.
|Home address=Information kindly provided by Bruce Stillman (son-in-law) via Polar Bear News and personal contact.  Lived at 13 Walkeringham Road, Beckenham, Near Gainsborough.
|Source table=11DLI
|Image Name=Captain_Andrew_Barlow.jpg
|Image Title=Captain Andrew Douglas Barlow
}}