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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Ward Ronald Anstey
|Army number=6215456
|Rank=Corporal.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=(At time of death).Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment.  Underwent Basic Training.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry – date not yet available – and posted to the 11th Battalion.  Served Normandy.  Wounded.  Relegated to the W(T) Reserve 17/2/1945.  Demobilised.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
|Joined Brigade=On being posted to the th 11Battalion.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Yes – in Normandy – 27/7/1944.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).  No details available as yet.
}}

Ronald's entry in the DLI Enlistment Book shows a transfer to the Lincolnshire Regiment on 12/10/1943 with his documents being forwarded to the Section on 22/3/1944.  It may be that he was re-transferred to the DLI before serving in Normandy but details need to be extracted from his Service Record to verify his military career.  The War Office Casualty List which shows him being wounded on 27/7/1944 indicates he was a member of the 11th Battalion - but it is not unknown for these to be in error.