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{{Personnel
|id=1329
|Surname and forenames=Oliver William
|Army number=4456374
|Rank=Pte
|Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet but number suggests Spring 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion DLI.  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 with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Posted ? Bn Black Watch.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 16/1/46.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=(At the time of his death).  Not yet known.
|Company/Battery=C 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 8B, PoW Number 15492.
|Home address=1, Alston St. Gateshead.
|Source table=1TS
}}