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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Britton Frank
|Army number=4455975
|Rank=Private
|Decorations=None yet known.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 23/5/1939 at Spennymoor. Posted to the 6th Battalion. Posted to the 10th Battalion - probably 1/9/1939. Served BEF. Served Iceland. Discharged 13/6/1943 on ceasing to fulfil physical requirements.
|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Promotions=No details yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=No family information as yet.
}}

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 |Date of birth=9/5/1921.  Mother's maiden surname Richardson.
 |Age=60 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry (TA) 23/5/1939 at Spennymoor, aged 18, for a four-year engagement.  Attesting Officer was 2/Lt William James Horne.  The witness was N Minnis.  The Approving Officer was G R Roddam.  On enlistment Frank was 5ft 10" tall with fresh complexion and brown eyes and hair.  Posted to the 6th Battalion.  Embodied 1/9/1939.  Posted to the 10th Battalion on its inception 3/9/1939.  Posted to the 23rd Division Details Battalion 25/4/1940 when the Division went to France as he was too young to go overseas at that time.  Rejoined the 10th Battalion at Launceston on 22/6/1940.  Served Iceland - disembarking there on 16/9/1940.  Was on leave at the time the Brigade left Iceland and was granted an extension to that leave period rather than travelling back to Iceland.  Rejoined the Battalion 29/12/1941 at Carmarthen.  Admitted to Hereford County Hospital 7/7/1942 from Kington Camp and transferred the following day to Barnsley Hall Emergency Hospital, Bromsgrove with a compound fracture of tibia and fibula, attributable to his service.  Posted to the Y List 27/7/1942 while remaining in hospital.  Discharged 13/6/1943 on ceasing to fulfil physical requirements and permanently unfit for any form of military service.  Conduct on discharge described as Exemplary.  Awarded a disability pension of 100%.  Frank Britton subsequently suffered an amputation of his damaged leg.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry (TA) 23/5/1939 at Spennymoor, aged 18, for a four-year engagement.  Attesting Officer was 2/Lt William James Horne.  The witness was N Minnis.  The Approving Officer was G R Roddam.  On enlistment Frank was 5ft 10" tall with fresh complexion and brown eyes and hair.  Posted to the 6th Battalion.  Embodied 1/9/1939.  Posted to the 10th Battalion on its inception 3/9/1939.  Posted to the 23rd Division Details Battalion 25/4/1940 when the Division went to France as he was too young to go overseas at that time.  Rejoined the 10th Battalion at Launceston on 22/6/1940.  Served Iceland - disembarking there on 16/9/1940.  Was on leave at the time the Brigade left Iceland and was granted an extension to that leave period rather than travelling back to Iceland.  Rejoined the Battalion 29/12/1941 at Carmarthen.  Admitted to Hereford County Hospital 7/7/1942 from Kington Camp and transferred the following day to Barnsley Hall Emergency Hospital, Bromsgrove with a compound fracture of tibia and fibula, attributable to his service.  This is likely to have occurred during a training exercise - possible the river crossing mentioned in the War Diary.  No details are given on his records, however.  Posted to the Y List 27/7/1942 while remaining in hospital.  Discharged 13/6/1943 on ceasing to fulfil physical requirements and permanently unfit for any form of military service.  Conduct on discharge described as Exemplary.  Awarded a disability pension of 100%.  Frank Britton subsequently suffered an amputation of his damaged leg arising from the development of atherosclerosis.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
 |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
-|Task or role=Not yet known.
+|Task or role=Infantryman.
 |Joined Brigade=3/9/1939.
 |Promotions=No.
-|Wounded=Yes - right leg injured (compound fracture) - resulting in total disability.
+|Wounded=Yes - right leg injured (compound fracture) apparently as a result of a gun shot wound in July 1942- resulting in total disability.
 |Prisoner of War=No.
-|Died/Killed in action=Died 23/10/1981 at Stanley, County Durham, aged 60.  Death Registered Durham Northern December 1981.  Cause of death - Acute left ventricular failure, myocardial fibrosis, coronary artery occlusion and hypertension.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 23/10/1981 at Stanley, County Durham, aged 60.  Death Registered Durham Northern December Quarter 1981.  Cause of death - Acute left ventricular failure, myocardial fibrosis, coronary artery occlusion and hypertension.
 |Home address=Lived at 13 Bede Place, Merrington, Spennymoor, County Durham.  Worked as a Miner.  His father, Robert Britton, was named as next of kin.  Married Gwendoline Burnage (7/8/1925 - 13/8/2010) Q2 1945, Durham North Western.  Subsequently lived at 64, Durham Road, South Stanley and worked as a Machine Operator.
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 |Army number=4455975
 |Rank=Private
-|Decorations=None yet known.
+|Decorations=Awarded the Defence Medal and the War Medal for his service.
 |Date of birth=9/5/1921.  Mother's maiden surname Richardson.
 |Age=60 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 23/5/1939 at Spennymoor.  Posted to the 6th Battalion.  Posted to the 10th Battalion on its inception 4/9/1939.  Served BEF.  Served Iceland.  Discharged 13/6/1943 on ceasing to fulfil physical requirements.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry (TA) 23/5/1939 at Spennymoor, aged 18, for a four-year engagement.  Attesting Officer was 2/Lt William James Horne.  The witness was N Minnis.  The Approving Officer was G R Roddam.  On enlistment Frank was 5ft 10" tall with fresh complexion and brown eyes and hair.  Posted to the 6th Battalion.  Embodied 1/9/1939.  Posted to the 10th Battalion on its inception 3/9/1939.  Posted to the 23rd Division Details Battalion 25/4/1940 when the Division went to France as he was too young to go overseas at that time.  Rejoined the 10th Battalion at Launceston on 22/6/1940.  Served Iceland - disembarking there on 16/9/1940.  Was on leave at the time the Brigade left Iceland and was granted an extension to that leave period rather than travelling back to Iceland.  Rejoined the Battalion 29/12/1941 at Carmarthen.  Admitted to Hereford County Hospital 7/7/1942 from Kington Camp and transferred the following day to Barnsley Hall Emergency Hospital, Bromsgrove with a compound fracture of tibia and fibula, attributable to his service.  Posted to the Y List 27/7/1942 while remaining in hospital.  Discharged 13/6/1943 on ceasing to fulfil physical requirements and permanently unfit for any form of military service.  Conduct on discharge described as Exemplary.  Awarded a disability pension of 100%.  Frank Britton subsequently suffered an amputation of his damaged leg.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
 |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
 |Task or role=Not yet known.
-|Joined Brigade=4/9/1939.
+|Joined Brigade=3/9/1939.
-|Promotions=No details yet.
+|Promotions=No.
-|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
+|Wounded=Yes - right leg injured (compound fracture) - resulting in total disability.
-|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
+|Prisoner of War=No.
-|Died/Killed in action=Died 23/10/1981 at Stanley, County Durham, aged 60.  Death Registered Durham Northern December 1981.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 23/10/1981 at Stanley, County Durham, aged 60.  Death Registered Durham Northern December 1981.  Cause of death - Acute left ventricular failure, myocardial fibrosis, coronary artery occlusion and hypertension.
-|Home address=Lived at 13 Bede Place, Kirk Merrington, Spennymoor, County Durham.  Married Gwendoline Burnage Q2 1945, Durham North Western.
+|Home address=Lived at 13 Bede Place, Merrington, Spennymoor, County Durham.  Worked as a Miner.  His father, Robert Britton, was named as next of kin.  Married Gwendoline Burnage (7/8/1925 - 13/8/2010) Q2 1945, Durham North Western.  Subsequently lived at 64, Durham Road, South Stanley and worked as a Machine Operator.
 }}
 Thanks are due to Keith Britton (Frank's son) for the additional "family" details.

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		+	Thanks are due to Keith Britton (Frank's son) for the additional "family" details.

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 |Rank=Private
 |Decorations=None yet known.
-|Date of birth=9/5/1921.
+|Date of birth=9/5/1921.  Mother's maiden surname Richardson.
 |Age=60 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 23/5/1939 at Spennymoor.  Posted to the 6th Battalion.  Posted to the 10th Battalion - 4/9/1939.  Served BEF.  Served Iceland.  Discharged 13/6/1943 on ceasing to fulfil physical requirements.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 23/5/1939 at Spennymoor.  Posted to the 6th Battalion.  Posted to the 10th Battalion on its inception 4/9/1939.  Served BEF.  Served Iceland.  Discharged 13/6/1943 on ceasing to fulfil physical requirements.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
 |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
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 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=Died 23/10/1981 at Stanley, County Durham, aged 60.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 23/10/1981 at Stanley, County Durham, aged 60.  Death Registered Durham Northern December 1981.
-|Home address=Lived at 13 Bede Place, Kirk Merrington, Spennymoor, County Durham.
+|Home address=Lived at 13 Bede Place, Kirk Merrington, Spennymoor, County Durham.  Married Gwendoline Burnage Q2 1945, Durham North Western.
 }}