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|Surname and forenames=Etherington Alexander West Russell
|Army number=14566919
|Rank=Private.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Born 29/10/1924 in North Shields - mother's maiden surname Nesbit.
|Age=79 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Conscripted into the General Staff Corps – date not yet confirmed. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry – date not yet available – and posted to the 10th Battalion. Served Normandy. Wounded. Returned to the UK. Granted an A Class Release. Demobilised.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
|Joined Brigade=On being posted to the 10th Battalion.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Yes – in Normandy – date not recorded.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death May 2004 at North Shields - aged 79.
|Home address=Father - James William Etherington (1879 - 1952). Mother - Ellen Coldwell Nesbit (1883 - 1956). Unable to trace 1939 General Register entry. Married Mildred Dixon (1920 - 1960) in July 1945. Married ? Grabham in Tynemouth in April 1963.
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