Ditchburn Alfred L/Cpl 4455833 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 14:59, 3 March 2025

2025-03-03T14:59:34Z

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	\|Surname and forenames=Ditchburn Alfred		\|Surname and forenames=Ditchburn Alfred
	\|Army number=4455833		\|Army number=4455833
	\|Rank=~~L/Cpl~~		\|Rank=Lance Corporal.
	\|Date of birth=Not yet known.		\|Date of birth=Not yet known.
	\|Age=0		\|Age=0
	\|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly May 1939. Posted ? 8th Bn DLI. Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served ~~BEF~~? Served Iceland. Served Normandy? Posted ? Bn DLI on the disbandment of 11th Battalion. Class W/T Reserve 6/2/45.		\|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939. Posted ? 8th Bn DLI. Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served with the B.E.F in Northern France? Served Iceland. Served Normandy? Posted ? Bn DLI on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion. Relegated to the Class W/T Reserve 6/2/45.
	\|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.		\|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
	\|Promotions=Sgt.		\|Promotions=Sergeant - featured on the Sgt's Mess photo of April 1944.
	\|Home address=Resident of Brandon Colliery in 1944.		\|Home address=Resident of Brandon Colliery in 1944.
	\|Source table=11DLI		\|Source table=11DLI

70bgadmin at 11:10, 11 November 2016

2016-11-11T11:10:56Z

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	\|Army number=4455833		\|Army number=4455833
	\|Rank=L/Cpl		\|Rank=L/Cpl
			\|Date of birth=Not yet known.
	\|Age=0		\|Age=0
	\|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn, Iceland, Posted ? Bn DLI, Class W/T Reserve 6/2/45.		\|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly May 1939. Posted ? 8th Bn DLI. Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served BEF? Served Iceland. Served Normandy? Posted ? Bn DLI on the disbandment of 11th Battalion. Class W/T Reserve 6/2/45.
	\|Promotions=Sgt		\|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
			\|Promotions=Sgt.
			\|Home address=Resident of Brandon Colliery in 1944.
	\|Source table=11DLI		\|Source table=11DLI
	}}		}}

			Some records indicate that, at some stage, Sgt Ditchburn was transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps. This will be checked with the Regimental Enlistment Books.

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Ditchburn Alfred
|Army number=4455833
|Rank=L/Cpl
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn, Iceland, Posted ? Bn DLI, Class W/T Reserve 6/2/45.
|Promotions=Sgt
|Source table=11DLI
}}