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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Bell John
|Army number=4444502
|Rank=Sgt
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, Enl 29/4/1925, TA 8, 4yrs, Aged 18. Chester-le-Street. Posted ? 8th Bn DLI, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Prisoner of War 02/08/1940, Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 7/2/1944.
|Promotions=Sergeant
|Prisoner of War=8B
|Home address=Born Birtley, Miner.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Date of birth=27/2/1909 at 24, Queen Street, Birtley - the seventh of twelve children.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry. Enlisted 29/4/1925 at Chester-le-Street, TA 8, initially for 4yrs but extended service until outbreak of War. Aged 16 on enlistment, although DLI Enlistment Book records him as 18 years old at the time.  Called up August 1939.  Posted 8th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI as an Instructor based at the Masonic Hall, Chester-le-Street.  Served BEF.  Prisoner of War  02/08/1940, Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 7/2/1944.
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry. Enlisted 29/4/1925 at Chester-le-Street, TA 8, initially for 4yrs but extended service until outbreak of War. Aged 16 on enlistment, although DLI Enlistment Book records him as 18 years old at the time.  Called up August 1939.  Posted 8th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI as an Instructor based at the Masonic Hall, Chester-le-Street.  Served BEF.  Taken Prisoner of War - notification received  02/08/1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 7/2/1944.
 |Company/Battery=8th Bn - B Company, 11th Bn - B Company, C Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Served in various Platoons in C Company as Platoon Sergeant.
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 |Promotions=L/Cpl in 1935.  Corporal in August 1939.  Sergeant on being posted to 11th Battalion DLI.
 |Wounded=20/5/1940.
-|Prisoner of War=Captured 20/5/1940 - 8B - including time in Lamsdorf.
+|Prisoner of War=Captured 20/5/1940.  Camp number 8B - including time in Lamsdorf.
 |Died/Killed in action=Death recorded in Gateshead District August 1999.
 |Home address=Born Birtley, Miner and Brickworker.  Father was also Miner and Brickworker.  Research indicates that he married Lavinia E Robinson in the fourth quarter of 1927 - possibly 12/11/1927 - at the Register Office with his sister as a witness.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}
 To listen to a detailed interview with Mr Bell, conducted by Harry Moses on behalf of the Imperial War Museums Sound Collection, please click [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80016744 here].

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Date of birth=27/2/1909 at 24, Queen Street, Birtley - the seventh of twelve children.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry. Enlisted 29/4/1925 at Chester-le-Street, TA 8, initially for 4yrs but extended service until outbreak of War. Aged 16 on enlistment, although DLI Enlistment Book records him as 18 years old at the time.  Posted 8th Bn DLI, Posted 11th Bn DLI,  Prisoner of War  02/08/1940, Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 7/2/1944.
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry. Enlisted 29/4/1925 at Chester-le-Street, TA 8, initially for 4yrs but extended service until outbreak of War. Aged 16 on enlistment, although DLI Enlistment Book records him as 18 years old at the time.  Called up August 1939.  Posted 8th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI as an Instructor based at the Masonic Hall, Chester-le-Street.  Served BEF.  Prisoner of War  02/08/1940, Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 7/2/1944.
 |Company/Battery=8th Bn - B Company, 11th Bn - B Company, C Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Served in various Platoons in C Company as Platoon Sergeant.
 |Task or role=Instructor, Platoon Sergeant.
 |Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed but probably 1/9/1939 or very shortly afterwards.
-|Promotions=L/Cpl in 1935, Cpl in August 1939, Sergeant on being posted to 11th Battalion DLI.
+|Promotions=L/Cpl in 1935.  Corporal in August 1939.  Sergeant on being posted to 11th Battalion DLI.
 |Wounded=20/5/1940.
 |Prisoner of War=Captured 20/5/1940 - 8B - including time in Lamsdorf.
 |Died/Killed in action=Death recorded in Gateshead District August 1999.
-|Home address=Born Birtley, Miner and Brickworker.  Father was also Miner and Brickworker.  Research indicates that he married Lavinia E Robinson in the fourth quarter of 1927 - possibly 12/11/1927.
+|Home address=Born Birtley, Miner and Brickworker.  Father was also Miner and Brickworker.  Research indicates that he married Lavinia E Robinson in the fourth quarter of 1927 - possibly 12/11/1927 - at the Register Office with his sister as a witness.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}
 To listen to a detailed interview with Mr Bell, conducted by Harry Moses on behalf of the Imperial War Museums Sound Collection, please click [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80016744 here].

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 |Company/Battery=8th Bn - B Company, 11th Bn - B Company, C Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Served in various Platoons in C Company as Platoon Sergeant.
 |Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed but probably 1/9/1939 or very shortly afterwards.
 |Promotions=L/Cpl in 1935, Cpl in August 1939, Sergeant on being posted to 11th Battalion DLI.

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 |Surname and forenames=Bell John
 |Army number=4444502
-|Rank=Sgt
+|Rank=Pte
-|Date of birth=Not yet known exactly but 1906 or 1907.
+|Date of birth=27/2/1909 at 24, Queen Street, Birtley - the seventh of twelve children.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, Enl 29/4/1925, TA 8, 4yrs, Aged 18. Chester-le-Street.  Posted 8th Bn DLI, Posted 11th Bn DLI,  Prisoner of War  02/08/1940, Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 7/2/1944.
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry. Enlisted 29/4/1925 at Chester-le-Street, TA 8, initially for 4yrs but extended service until outbreak of War. Aged 16 on enlistment, although DLI Enlistment Book records him as 18 years old at the time.  Posted 8th Bn DLI, Posted 11th Bn DLI,  Prisoner of War  02/08/1940, Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 7/2/1944.
-|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed but probably 1/9/1939.
+|Company/Battery=8th Bn - B Company, 11th Bn - B Company, C Company.
-|Promotions=Sergeant
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=Served in various Platoons in C Company as Platoon Sergeant.
-|Prisoner of War=8B
+|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed but probably 1/9/1939 or very shortly afterwards.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
+|Promotions=L/Cpl in 1935, Cpl in August 1939, Sergeant on being posted to 11th Battalion DLI.
-|Home address=Born Birtley, Miner.
+|Wounded=20/5/1940.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}
 To listen to a detailed interview with Mr Bell, conducted by Harry Moses on behalf of the Imperial War Museums Sound Collection, please click [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80016744 here].