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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Ditchburn Alfred
|Army number=4455833
|Rank=L/Cpl
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=0
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly May 1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served BEF?  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy?  Posted ? Bn DLI on the disbandment of 11th Battalion.  Class W/T Reserve 6/2/45.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Promotions=Sgt.
|Home address=Resident of Brandon Colliery in 1944.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

Some records indicate that, at some stage, Sgt Ditchburn was transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps.  This will be checked with the Regimental Enlistment Books.