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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Browne John Cassells
|Army number=89229
|Rank=Lt
|Age=28
|Unit=DLI - 2/Lt 9th Bn DLI 17/6/1939, Embodied 24/8/1939, Posted 16th Bn DLI 1/7/1940, Rej No 4 ITC 25/9/1940, Posted 14th Bn DLI as at Oct 1941, Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943, Posted Reinf Coy 6/5/1944, Posted 6th Bn, KILLED in ACTION with 6th Bn DLI 9/8/1944
|Company/Battery=D
|Task or role=Pln Cdr
|Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43
|Promotions=W/S Lt 1/1/1941, T/Capt 5/7/1941, Major
|Died/Killed in action=09-Aug-44
|Home address=Born July 1916 Glengormley Co. Antrim. Son of Robert and Eliza J. Browne, of Glengormley, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland; husband of Agnes Nesbitt Browne. Buried Grave XXI. A. 10. Bayeux War Cemetery.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Army number=89229
 |Rank=Lt
-|Date of birth=Born Glengormley, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland July 1916
+|Decorations=None known so far.
 |Age=28 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Commissioned in The Durham Light Infantry - 2/Lt, 9th Bn DLI 17/6/1939.  Embodied 24/8/1939.  Posted 16th Bn DLI 1/7/1940.  Rejoined No 4 ITC 25/9/1940.  Posted 14th Bn DLI as at Oct 1941.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943.  Posted Reinforcement Company 6/5/1944.  Served Normandy.  Posted 6th Bn DLI, probably on the disbandment of 11th Battalion.  KILLED in ACTION with 6th Bn DLI 9/8/1944.
+|Unit=Commissioned in The Durham Light Infantry as a 2/Lt in the 9th Bn DLI 17/6/1939.  Embodied 24/8/1939.  Served B.E.F.?  Posted 16th Bn DLI 1/7/1940.  Rejoined No 4 ITC 25/9/1940.  Posted 14th Bn DLI as at Oct 1941.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943.  Posted Reinforcement Company 6/5/1944.  Served Normandy.  Posted 6th Bn DLI, probably on the disbandment of 11th Battalion.  KILLED in ACTION with 6th Bn DLI 9/8/1944.
 |Company/Battery=11th Battalion - D Company.
 |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=16th Platoon.
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 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Rank=Lt
 |Date of birth=Born Glengormley, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland July 1916
-|Age=28
+|Age=28 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Commissioned in The Durham Light Infantry - 2/Lt, 9th Bn DLI 17/6/1939.  Embodied 24/8/1939.  Posted 16th Bn DLI 1/7/1940.  Rejoined No 4 ITC 25/9/1940.  Posted 14th Bn DLI as at Oct 1941.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943.  Posted Reinforcement Company 6/5/1944.  Served Normandy.  Posted 6th Bn DLI, probably on the disbandment of 11th Battalion.  KILLED in ACTION with 6th Bn DLI 9/8/1944.
-|Company/Battery=D Company.
+|Company/Battery=11th Battalion - D Company.
 |Task or role=Platoon Commander.
 |Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43.
 |Promotions=W/S Lt 1/1/1941, T/Captain 5/7/1941, Major.
-|Died/Killed in action=09-Aug-44.
+|Died/Killed in action=09-Aug-44.  Initially interred at Caiville - Map 7F/3 reference 861429.  Re-buried 4/9/1945 in Grave XXI. A. 10. Bayeux War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE AND LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE".
-|Home address=Resident of Belfast.  Son of Robert and Eliza J. Browne, of Glengormley, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland; husband of Agnes Nesbitt Browne.  Buried Grave XXI. A. 10. Bayeux War Cemetery.
+|Home address=Resident of Belfast.  Son of Robert and Eliza J. Browne, of Glengormley, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland; husband of Agnes Nesbitt Browne.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Army number=89229
 |Rank=Lt
-|Date of birth=July 1916
+|Date of birth=Born Glengormley, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland July 1916
 |Age=28
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - 2/Lt 9th Bn DLI 17/6/1939, Embodied 24/8/1939, Posted 16th Bn DLI 1/7/1940, Rejoined No 4 ITC 25/9/1940, Posted 14th Bn DLI as at Oct 1941, Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943, Posted Reinforcement Company 6/5/1944, Posted 6th Bn DLI, KILLED in ACTION with 6th Bn DLI 9/8/1944.
+|Unit=Commissioned in The Durham Light Infantry - 2/Lt, 9th Bn DLI 17/6/1939.  Embodied 24/8/1939.  Posted 16th Bn DLI 1/7/1940.  Rejoined No 4 ITC 25/9/1940.  Posted 14th Bn DLI as at Oct 1941.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943.  Posted Reinforcement Company 6/5/1944.  Served Normandy.  Posted 6th Bn DLI, probably on the disbandment of 11th Battalion.  KILLED in ACTION with 6th Bn DLI 9/8/1944.
-|Company/Battery=D Company
+|Company/Battery=D Company.
-|Task or role=Platoon Commander
+|Task or role=Platoon Commander.
-|Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43
+|Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43.
-|Promotions=W/S Lt 1/1/1941, T/Captain 5/7/1941, Major
+|Promotions=W/S Lt 1/1/1941, T/Captain 5/7/1941, Major.
-|Died/Killed in action=09-Aug-44
+|Died/Killed in action=09-Aug-44.
-|Home address=Born Glengormley Co. Antrim.  Son of Robert and Eliza J. Browne, of Glengormley, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland; husband of Agnes Nesbitt Browne.  Buried Grave XXI. A. 10. Bayeux War Cemetery.
+|Home address=Resident of Belfast.  Son of Robert and Eliza J. Browne, of Glengormley, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland; husband of Agnes Nesbitt Browne.  Buried Grave XXI. A. 10. Bayeux War Cemetery.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}