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{{Personnel
|id=2756
|Surname and forenames=Draper Robert William
|Army number=4447032
|Rank=Cpl
|Age=0
|Unit=8 DLI 29/6/28 T 4yr, dis 28/6/32, 8 DLI 1/7/35, 11 DLI Iceland, Dorsets 28/8/44
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Date of birth=Research suggests his birth was registered in Q3 1907 in the Lanchester District.  (To be confirmed)
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Territorial Army - Durham Light Infantry 8th Bn DLI on 29/6/28 for 4 yr.  Discharged on completion of engagement 28/6/32.  Re-Enlisted 8th Bn DLI 1/7/35.  Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Posted from Battalion to the 70th Brigade HQ.  Served B.E.F.?   Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Trf Dorsetshire Regiment 28/8/44 on the disbandment of 11th Battalion.  Class Z Army Reserve, A Release 18/12/1945.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Territorial Army - Durham Light Infantry - 8th Bn DLI on 29/6/28 for 4 yr.  Discharged on completion of engagement 28/6/32.  Re-enlisted 8th Bn DLI 1/7/35.  Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Posted from Battalion to the 70th Brigade HQ.  Served B.E.F.?   Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Transferred to the Dorsetshire Regiment 28/8/44 on the disbandment of 11th Battalion.  Class Z Army Reserve, A Release 18/12/1945.
 |Company/Battery=Brigade Headquarters.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Batmen.

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 |Date of birth=Research suggests his birth was registered in Q3 1907 in the Lanchester District.  (To be confirmed)
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Territorial Army - Durham Light Infantry 8th Bn DLI on 29/6/28 for 4yr. Discharged on completion of engagement 28/6/32. Re-Enlisted 8th Bn DLI 1/7/35. Posted 11th Bn DLI.  Posted 70th Brigade HQ. ? B.E.F. Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Trf Dorsetshire Regiment 28/8/44.  Class Z Army Reserve, A Release 18/12/1945.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Territorial Army - Durham Light Infantry 8th Bn DLI on 29/6/28 for 4 yr.  Discharged on completion of engagement 28/6/32.  Re-Enlisted 8th Bn DLI 1/7/35.  Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Posted from Battalion to the 70th Brigade HQ.  Served B.E.F.?   Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Trf Dorsetshire Regiment 28/8/44 on the disbandment of 11th Battalion.  Class Z Army Reserve, A Release 18/12/1945.
 |Company/Battery=Brigade Headquarters.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Batmen.
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 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939 when 11th DLI was separated from 8th DLI.
 |Died/Killed in action=Research indicates he died June 1978 aged 71 in the Durham Northern area.  (To be confirmed).
-|Home address=Research suggests marriage to Margaret Taylor in Q3 1929 at Chester-le-Street.
+|Home address=Research suggests marriage to Margaret Taylor in Q3 1929 at Chester-le-Street.  Resident of Craghead, Stanley, County Durham in 1944.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Date of birth=Research suggests his birth was registered in Q3 1907 in the Lanchester District.  (To be confirmed)
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Territorial Army - Durham Light Infantry 8th Bn DLI on 29/6/28 for 4yr. Discharged on completion of engagement 28/6/32. Re-Enlisted 8th Bn DLI 1/7/35. Posted 11th Bn DLI.  Posted 70th Brigade HQ. ? B.E.F. Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Trf Dorsetshire Regiment 28/8/44, Enlistment Book not available.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Territorial Army - Durham Light Infantry 8th Bn DLI on 29/6/28 for 4yr. Discharged on completion of engagement 28/6/32. Re-Enlisted 8th Bn DLI 1/7/35. Posted 11th Bn DLI.  Posted 70th Brigade HQ. ? B.E.F. Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Trf Dorsetshire Regiment 28/8/44.  Class Z Army Reserve, A Release 18/12/1945.
 |Company/Battery=Brigade Headquarters.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Batmen.

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 |Army number=4447032
 |Rank=Cpl
-|Date of birth=
+|Date of birth=Research suggests his birth was registered in Q3 1907 in the Lanchester District.  (To be confirmed)
 |Age=0
 |Unit=Enlisted in the Territorial Army - Durham Light Infantry 8th Bn DLI on 29/6/28 for 4yr. Discharged on completion of engagement 28/6/32. Re-Enlisted 8th Bn DLI 1/7/35. Posted 11th Bn DLI.  Posted 70th Brigade HQ. ? B.E.F. Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Trf Dorsetshire Regiment 28/8/44, Enlistment Book not available.
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 |Task or role=Batman.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939 when 11th DLI was separated from 8th DLI.
-|Died/Killed in action=
+|Died/Killed in action=Research indicates he died June 1978 aged 71 in the Durham Northern area.  (To be confirmed).
-|Home address=
+|Home address=Research suggests marriage to Margaret Taylor in Q3 1929 at Chester-le-Street.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Rank=Cpl
 |Age=0
-|Unit=8 DLI 29/6/28 T 4yr, dis 28/6/32, 8 DLI 1/7/35, 11 DLI Iceland, Dorsets 28/8/44
+|Unit=8 DLI 29/6/28 T 4yr, Disch on completion of engagement 28/6/32, R/E 8th Bn DLI 1/7/35, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Iceland, Trf Dorsetshire Regiment 28/8/44, Enlistment Book not available.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}