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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Oliver William Arthur
|Army number=4457985
|Rank=Private.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion.  Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern Francce with the B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Posted ? Battalion Black Watch.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 23/5/46.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=(At the time of his death).  Not yet known.
|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not yet known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag 20B, PoW Number 10222.
|Home address=30, Finchdale Terrace, Woodston Village, Fencehouses.
|Source table=1TS
}}