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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Bruce James Alexander
|Army number=138525
|Rank=2/Lt
|Decorations=M.i.D. 8/11/1945
|Age=0
|Unit=Regular Army Emergency Commission 2/Lt Durham Light Infantry - Gazetted 5/7/1940, Posted No 4 I.T.C. 6/7/1940, Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940, Iceland, Left BN by April 1943, Posted 70th Bde HQ, Posted 49 Div HQ.
|Company/Battery=HQ, D,
|Task or role=Pln. Cdr., Camp Commandant
|Joined Brigade=09-Jul-40
|Promotions=W/S Lt 4/1/42, Capt 30/8/45, Major 31/10/45
|Home address=Educated Bede College, Durham University (Hons Degree History post-war). Asst Master Royal Grammar School 1948. Headmaster Guisborough and Wallasey Grammar Schools. Reg Co-ordinator Cheshire IWM National Inventory of War Memorials.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Army number=138525
 |Rank=2/Lt
-|Decorations=M.i.D. 8/11/1945
+|Decorations=M.i.D. 8/11/1945.
-|Date of birth=1918, Sunderland.
+|Date of birth=21/11/1918, Sunderland.
-|Age=0
+|Age=80 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Regular Army Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt in The Durham Light Infantry - Gazetted 5/7/1940.  Posted No 4 I.T.C. 6/7/1940.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940.  Served Iceland.  Left Bn by April 1943.  Posted 70th Brigade HQ.  Posted 49 Divisional HQ.  Joined TA as Lt, Royal Grammar School Newcastle Contingent of the OTC 31/1/1949.  Promoted to A/Captain 2/9/1953.
 |Company/Battery=HQ. D.
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 |Joined Brigade=09-Jul-40.
 |Promotions=W/S Lt 4/1/42, Capt 30/8/45, Major 31/10/45.
-|Died/Killed in action=Death registered December 1998.
+|Died/Killed in action=Death registered December 1998 in Chester, aged 80.
-|Home address=Educated Bede College, Durham University (Hons Degree History post-war).  Asst Master Royal Grammar School 1948.  Headmaster Guisborough and Wallasey Grammar Schools.  Resident of Chester in 1980.  Regional Co-ordinator for Cheshire on the IWM National Inventory of War Memorials.
+|Home address=In the 1939 General Register he is shown as living with his family at the Sunderland Infectious Diseases Hospital - his father was the Hospital's Lodgekeeper.  Educated Bede College, Durham University (Hons Degree History post-war).  Assistant Master, Royal Grammar School 1948.  Headmaster Guisborough and Wallasey Grammar Schools.  Resident of Chester in 1980.  Regional Co-ordinator for Cheshire on the IWM National Inventory of War Memorials.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Rank=2/Lt
 |Decorations=M.i.D. 8/11/1945
-|Date of birth=1918, Sunderland
+|Date of birth=1918, Sunderland.
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Regular Army Emergency Commission 2/Lt Durham Light Infantry - Gazetted 5/7/1940, Posted No 4 I.T.C. 6/7/1940, Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940.  Served Iceland, Left Bn by April 1943. Posted 70th Brigade HQ. Posted 49 Divisional HQ.  Joined TA as Lt Royal Grammar School Newcastle Contingent of the OTC 31/1/1949, Promoted to A/Captain 2/9/1953.
+|Unit=Regular Army Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt in The Durham Light Infantry - Gazetted 5/7/1940.  Posted No 4 I.T.C. 6/7/1940.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940.  Served Iceland.  Left Bn by April 1943.  Posted 70th Brigade HQ.  Posted 49 Divisional HQ.  Joined TA as Lt, Royal Grammar School Newcastle Contingent of the OTC 31/1/1949.  Promoted to A/Captain 2/9/1953.
 |Company/Battery=HQ. D.
 |Task or role=Platoon Commander. Camp Commandant.
-|Joined Brigade=09-Jul-40
+|Joined Brigade=09-Jul-40.
-|Promotions=W/S Lt 4/1/42, Capt 30/8/45, Major 31/10/45
+|Promotions=W/S Lt 4/1/42, Capt 30/8/45, Major 31/10/45.
-|Died/Killed in action=Death registered December 1998
+|Died/Killed in action=Death registered December 1998.
-|Home address=Educated Bede College, Durham University (Hons Degree History post-war).  Asst Master Royal Grammar School 1948.  Headmaster Guisborough and Wallasey Grammar Schools.  Regional Co-ordinator for Cheshire on the IWM National Inventory of War Memorials.
+|Home address=Educated Bede College, Durham University (Hons Degree History post-war).  Asst Master Royal Grammar School 1948.  Headmaster Guisborough and Wallasey Grammar Schools.  Resident of Chester in 1980.  Regional Co-ordinator for Cheshire on the IWM National Inventory of War Memorials.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Date of birth=1918, Sunderland
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Regular Army Emergency Commission 2/Lt Durham Light Infantry - Gazetted 5/7/1940, Posted No 4 I.T.C. 6/7/1940, Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940, Iceland, Left BN by April 1943, Posted 70th Bde HQ, Posted 49 Div HQ.  Joined TA as Lt Royal Grammar School Newcastle Contingent of the OTC 31/1/1949, Promoted to A/Captain 2/9/1953.
+|Unit=Regular Army Emergency Commission 2/Lt Durham Light Infantry - Gazetted 5/7/1940, Posted No 4 I.T.C. 6/7/1940, Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940.  Served Iceland, Left Bn by April 1943. Posted 70th Brigade HQ. Posted 49 Divisional HQ.  Joined TA as Lt Royal Grammar School Newcastle Contingent of the OTC 31/1/1949, Promoted to A/Captain 2/9/1953.
-|Company/Battery=HQ, D,
+|Company/Battery=HQ. D.
-|Task or role=Platoon Commander, Camp Commandant.
+|Task or role=Platoon Commander. Camp Commandant.
 |Joined Brigade=09-Jul-40
 |Promotions=W/S Lt 4/1/42, Capt 30/8/45, Major 31/10/45
-|Died/Killed in action=December 1998
+|Died/Killed in action=Death registered December 1998
 |Home address=Educated Bede College, Durham University (Hons Degree History post-war).  Asst Master Royal Grammar School 1948.  Headmaster Guisborough and Wallasey Grammar Schools.  Regional Co-ordinator for Cheshire on the IWM National Inventory of War Memorials.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}