Davies Edmund Frank Lt Col 12254 - Revision history

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 |Date of birth=National Archives documentation indicates 3/9/1900.  Other research suggests his birth was registered Q2 1897, in Swansea.
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Royal Irish Rifles - Commissioned as a 2/Lt 17/12/1919.  Served Iraq and Palestine (See biography below for other elements of service).  Attached Durham Light Infantry, Posted 10th Bn DLI in command 9/1/1942. Relinquished command of the Battalion 30/6/1942. Served with S.o.E. in Albania.  Prisoner of War.  Royal Irish Fusiliers 14/3/1946.
+|Unit=Royal Irish Rifles - Commissioned as a 2/Lt 17/12/1919.  Served Iraq and Palestine (See biography below for other elements of service).  Attached Durham Light Infantry 9/1/1942, Posted 10th Bn DLI in command. Relinquished command of the Battalion 30/6/1942. Served with S.o.E. in Albania.  Prisoner of War.  Royal Irish Fusiliers 14/3/1946.
 |Company/Battery=Bn HQ
 |Task or role=C.O.
 |Joined Brigade=9/1/1942
 |Promotions=Lt. Captain. Brevet Major. Major. Lieutenant Colonel.  Acting Brigadier. Colonel.
-|Prisoner of War=Yes, Prisoner number 156138, including time in Oflag IV - C, Colditz Castle.
+|Prisoner of War=Prisoner number 156138, including time in Oflag IV - C, Colditz Castle.
 |Died/Killed in action=Death registered September 1951 at Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, at the age of 53 (to be confirmed).
 |Source table=10DLI

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 |Army number=12254
 |Rank=Lt Col
-|Decorations=D.S.O. Gazetted 15/11/1945. M.C., M.i.D. Gazetted 7/1/1949.
+|Decorations=D.S.O. Gazetted 15/11/1945. M.C. and Bar. M.i.D. Gazetted 7/1/1949.
 |Date of birth=National Archives documentation indicates 3/9/1900.  Other research suggests his birth was registered Q2 1897, in Swansea.
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Royal Irish Rifles - Commissioned as a 2/Lt 17/12/1919.  (See biography below for other elements of service).  Attached Durham Light Infantry, Posted 10th Bn DLI in command 9/1/1942. Relinquished command of the Battalion 30/6/1942. Served with S.o.E. in Albania.  Prisoner of War.  Royal Irish Fusiliers 14/3/1946.
+|Unit=Royal Irish Rifles - Commissioned as a 2/Lt 17/12/1919.  Served Iraq and Palestine (See biography below for other elements of service).  Attached Durham Light Infantry, Posted 10th Bn DLI in command 9/1/1942. Relinquished command of the Battalion 30/6/1942. Served with S.o.E. in Albania.  Prisoner of War.  Royal Irish Fusiliers 14/3/1946.
 |Company/Battery=Bn HQ
 |Task or role=C.O.
 |Joined Brigade=9/1/1942
 |Promotions=Lt. Captain. Brevet Major. Major. Lieutenant Colonel.  Acting Brigadier. Colonel.
-|Prisoner of War=Yes, including time in Colditz.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes, Prisoner number 156138, including time in Oflag IV - C, Colditz Castle.
 |Died/Killed in action=Death registered September 1951 at Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, at the age of 53 (to be confirmed).
 |Source table=10DLI

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 |Date of birth=National Archives documentation indicates 3/9/1900.  Other research suggests his birth was registered Q2 1897, in Swansea.
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Royal Irish Rifles - Commissioned as a 2/Lt 17/12/1919.  (See biography below for other elements of service).  Attached Durham Light Infantry, Posted 10th Bn DLI in command 9/1/1942. Relinquished command of the Battalion 30/6/1942. Served with S.o.E.  Prisoner of War.  Royal Irish Fusiliers 14/3/1946.
+|Unit=Royal Irish Rifles - Commissioned as a 2/Lt 17/12/1919.  (See biography below for other elements of service).  Attached Durham Light Infantry, Posted 10th Bn DLI in command 9/1/1942. Relinquished command of the Battalion 30/6/1942. Served with S.o.E. in Albania.  Prisoner of War.  Royal Irish Fusiliers 14/3/1946.
 |Company/Battery=Bn HQ
 |Task or role=C.O.
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 To see the file reference at The National Archives in respect of his service with the Special Operations Executive please click [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9667942 here].

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 |Date of birth=National Archives documentation indicates 3/9/1900.  Other research suggests his birth was registered Q2 1897, in Swansea.
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Royal Irish Rifles - Commissioned as a 2/Lt 17/12/1919.  (See biography below for other elements of service).  Attached Durham Light Infantry, Posted 10th Bn DLI in command 9/1/1942. Relinquished command of the Battalion 30/6/1942. Served with S.o.E.  Royal Irish Fusiliers 14/3/1946.
+|Unit=Royal Irish Rifles - Commissioned as a 2/Lt 17/12/1919.  (See biography below for other elements of service).  Attached Durham Light Infantry, Posted 10th Bn DLI in command 9/1/1942. Relinquished command of the Battalion 30/6/1942. Served with S.o.E.  Prisoner of War.  Royal Irish Fusiliers 14/3/1946.
 |Company/Battery=Bn HQ
 |Task or role=C.O.
 |Joined Brigade=9/1/1942
 |Promotions=Lt. Captain. Brevet Major. Major. Lieutenant Colonel.  Acting Brigadier. Colonel.
 |Died/Killed in action=Death registered September 1951 at Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, at the age of 53 (to be confirmed).
 |Source table=10DLI

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 |Rank=Lt Col
 |Decorations=D.S.O. Gazetted 15/11/1945. M.C., M.i.D. Gazetted 7/1/1949.
-|Date of birth=Registered Q2 1897, Swansea (to be confirmed).
+|Date of birth=National Archives documentation indicates 3/9/1900.  Other research suggests his birth was registered Q2 1897, in Swansea.
 |Age=0
-|Unit=R. V. Rifles Commission 2/Lt 17/12/1919, Attached Durham Light Infantry, Posted 10th Bn DLI in command 9/1/1942, Relinquished command 30/6/1942, DSO , Royal Irish Fusiliers 14/3/1946, MiD   DIED 1951.
+|Unit=Royal Irish Rifles - Commissioned as a 2/Lt 17/12/1919.  (See biography below for other elements of service).  Attached Durham Light Infantry, Posted 10th Bn DLI in command 9/1/1942. Relinquished command of the Battalion 30/6/1942. Served with S.o.E.  Royal Irish Fusiliers 14/3/1946.
 |Company/Battery=Bn HQ
 |Task or role=C.O.
 |Joined Brigade=9/1/1942
-|Promotions=Lt. Captain. Brevet Major. Major. Lieutenant Colonel.  Acting Brigadier.
+|Promotions=Lt. Captain. Brevet Major. Major. Lieutenant Colonel.  Acting Brigadier. Colonel.
 |Died/Killed in action=Death registered September 1951 at Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, at the age of 53 (to be confirmed).
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}