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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Davison Herbert Denison
|Army number=4452474
|Rank=Pte.
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Prisoner of War 12/7/1940, Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)A 8/6/1946.
|Prisoner of War=O6B and 344 438
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Rank=Private.
 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date confirmed as yet but certainly pre-WW2.  Posted to the 8th Battalion?  Posted to the 11th Bn DLI.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War on 20/5/1940 at Ficheux.  Confirmation received 12/7/1940.  Returned to the UK May 1945  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)A 8/6/1946.
-|Prisoner of War=Yes - PoW Number 438.  Held in Camps - Oflag VIIC Bavaria 12/6/1940 to April 1941 (possibly as a Batman), Oflag VIB Germany April 1941 - March 1942, Stalag VIIIB Germany March 1942.  He spent time at Work Camps in Germany woodcutting, O6B and 344  438
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - PoW Number 438.  Held in Camps - Oflag VIIC Bavaria 12/6/1940 to April 1941 (possibly as a Batman), Oflag VIB Germany April 1941 - March 1942, Stalag VIIIB Germany March 1942.  He spent time at Work Camps in Germany - woodcutting, Upper Silesia - working in a food store, sugar factory and coal mines.
-|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.  His MI9 form was completed on 13/5/1945.
 |Date of birth=Born 13/1/1920, birth registered Q1 1920, mother's maiden surname Davison.
 |Age=59 at the time of his death.
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 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Died 26/7/1979 aged 59.  Buried in Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, Matraville, Randwick City, New South Wales, Australia
-|Home address=Worked as a footman.  Lived at 5 Laurel Avenue, Sherburn Road, Durham.  No family details but research suggests he had a brother.  Emigrated to Australia.
+|Home address=Worked as a footman.  Lived at 5 Laurel Avenue, Sherburn Road, Durham.  No family details available but research suggests he had a brother.  Emigrated to Australia.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Surname and forenames=Davison Herbert Denison
 |Army number=4452474
-|Rank=Pte.
+|Rank=Private.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn DLI,  Prisoner of War 12/7/1940, Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)A 8/6/1946.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date confirmed as yet but certainly pre-WW2.  Posted to the 8th Battalion?  Posted to the 11th Bn DLI.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War on 20/5/1940 at Ficheux.  Confirmation received 12/7/1940.  Returned to the UK May 1945  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)A 8/6/1946.
-|Prisoner of War=O6B and 344  438
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - PoW Number 438.  Held in Camps - Oflag VIIC Bavaria 12/6/1940 to April 1941 (possibly as a Batman), Oflag VIB Germany April 1941 - March 1942, Stalag VIIIB Germany March 1942.  He spent time at Work Camps in Germany woodcutting, O6B and 344  438
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}