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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Fifield Harold Wanford George
|Army number=4035849
|Rank=Pte
|Age=0
|Unit=Att'd 15/1/40, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Trf Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, Posted 10th Bn, Iceland?, Posted 166 OCTU 28/12/1942, Docs to Exeter 25/1/1943, Discharged under KRs 1940 Para 390 (xvii) on being commissioned,
|Joined Brigade=27-Jun-40
|Promotions=L/Sgt, Commissioned
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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 |Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches 19/7/1945 (Italy).  Gazetted 19/7/1945.
 |Date of birth=Born 1917, Hardingstone, Northamptonshire.  Mother's maiden surname Jones.
-|Unit=Attested 15/1/40, enlisted in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.  Underwent Basic Training.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, and posted to the 10th Battalion.  Served Iceland.  Posted to 166 OCTU 28/12/1942.  Documents to Exeter 25/1/1943.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvii) on being commissioned in the  Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2nd Lieutenant 23/4/1943 - new Army number 271278.  Posted from OCTU to 14th Battalion DLI 23/4/1943.  Posted to the Hampshire Regiment - 11 Platoon.  Served in Italy.  Wounded.   Released January 1946.
+|Unit=Attested 15/1/40, enlisted in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.  Underwent Basic Training.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, and posted to the 10th Battalion.  Served Iceland.  Posted to 166 OCTU 28/12/1942.  Documents to Exeter 25/1/1943.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvii) on being commissioned in the  Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2nd Lieutenant 23/4/1943 - new Army number 271278.  Posted from OCTU to 14th Battalion DLI 23/4/1943.  Posted to the Hampshire Regiment - 11 Platoon.  Served in Italy.  Wounded.   Evacuated to 76 British General Hospital, Central Mediterranean Forces, (Algiers 3/43 to 5/43 and then to Zeriser; Zeriser 5/43 to 5/43 then to Medfez-el-Sab; Birine 6/43 to 16/6/43 then to Guelma; Guelma 7/43 to 11/43 then to Bizerta; Bizerta 11/43 to 11/43 then to Taranto; Taranto 11/43 to 12/43 then to Trani; Trani 12/43 to 7/45+.  Released from service January 1946.
 |Task or role=HQ Documents Officer with 14th DLI.  Possibly Platoon Commander, Hampshire Regiment.
 |Joined Brigade=27-Jun-40 on being posted to the 10th Battalion.

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−	Thanks are due to Jim Tuckwell for accessing family correspondence from the Fifield family held in Durham County Record Office at The Story. A photograph found as part of this research of Harold Fifield as a Lieutenant is set out below:-	+	Thanks are due to Jim Tuckwell for accessing family correspondence from the Fifield family held in Durham County Record Office at The Story. A photograph - for which thanks are due to the County Record Office - found as part of this research, of Harold Fifield as a Lieutenant is set out below:-

	[[File:271278_FIFIELD.jpg\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Lieutenant H W G Fifield]]		[[File:271278_FIFIELD.jpg\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Lieutenant H W G Fifield]]

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 |Army number=4035849
 |Rank=Private.
-|Age=0
+|Age=66 at the time of his death.
 |Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches 19/7/1945 (Italy).  Gazetted 19/7/1945.
-|Date of birth=Born 1917, Hardingstone, Cambridgeshire.
+|Date of birth=Born 1917, Hardingstone, Northamptonshire.  Mother's maiden surname Jones.
-|Unit=Attested 15/1/40, enlisted in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.  Underwent Basic Training.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, and posted to the 10th Battalion.  Served Iceland.  Posted to 166 OCTU 28/12/1942.  Documents to Exeter 25/1/1943.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvii) on being commissioned in the  Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2nd Lieutenant 23/4/1943 Army number 271278.  Posted from OCTU to 14th Battalion DLI 23/4/1943.  Posted to the Hampshire Regiment - 11 Platoon.  Served in Italy.  Wounded.   Released January 1946.
+|Unit=Attested 15/1/40, enlisted in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.  Underwent Basic Training.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, and posted to the 10th Battalion.  Served Iceland.  Posted to 166 OCTU 28/12/1942.  Documents to Exeter 25/1/1943.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvii) on being commissioned in the  Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2nd Lieutenant 23/4/1943 - new Army number 271278.  Posted from OCTU to 14th Battalion DLI 23/4/1943.  Posted to the Hampshire Regiment - 11 Platoon.  Served in Italy.  Wounded.   Released January 1946.
 |Task or role=HQ Documents Officer with 14th DLI.  Possibly Platoon Commander, Hampshire Regiment.
-|Joined Brigade=27-Jun-40
+|Joined Brigade=27-Jun-40 on being posted to the 10th Battalion.
 |Promotions=Lance/Sergeant, Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, Promoted War Substantive Lieutenant 23/10/1943.
 |Wounded=30/3/1944 with the Hampshire Regiment and 1/3/1945 according to McGregor Index.
 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=1984, Wrekin, Shropshire.
+|Died/Killed in action=Death registered February 1984, Wrekin, Shropshire - aged 66.
-|Home address=Parents Dorothy and Wanford C. Fifield of Mill Bank, Wellington, Shropshire.  Married 1942 in Wellington, Shropshire to Marjorie J. Morris.  Resident at Holyhead Road, Wellington, Shropshire.
+|Home address=Parents Dorothy and Wanford C. Fifield of Mill Bank, Wellington, Shropshire.  Worked as a teacher.  Married 1942 in Wellington, Shropshire to Marjorie J. Morris.  Resident at Holyhead Road, Wellington, Shropshire.
 |Image Name=SGT_FIFIELD_H_W_G.jpeg
 |Image Title=Lance Sergeant H W G Fifield.

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 |Promotions=Lance/Sergeant, Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, Promoted War Substantive Lieutenant 23/10/1943.
 |Wounded=30/3/1944 with the Hampshire Regiment and 1/3/1945 according to McGregor Index.
 |Died/Killed in action=1984, Wrekin, Shropshire.
 |Home address=Parents Dorothy and Wanford C. Fifield of Mill Bank, Wellington, Shropshire.  Married 1942 in Wellington, Shropshire to Marjorie J. Morris.  Resident at Holyhead Road, Wellington, Shropshire.

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−	Thanks are due to Jim Tuckwell for accessing family correspondence from the Fifield family held in Durham County Record Office at The Story.	+	Thanks are due to Jim Tuckwell for accessing family correspondence from the Fifield family held in Durham County Record Office at The Story. A photograph found as part of this research of Harold Fifield as a Lieutenant is set out below:-
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		+	[[File:271278_FIFIELD.jpg\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Lieutenant H W G Fifield]]

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 |Age=0
 |Decorations=MiD 19/7/1945 (Italy)
 |Unit=Att'd 15/1/40, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Trf Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, Posted 10th Bn,  Iceland?, Posted 166 OCTU 28/12/1942, Docs to Exeter 25/1/1943, Discharged under KRs 1940 Para 390 (xvii) on being commissioned.  Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 23/4/1943 Army number 271278, Posted from OCTU to 14th Bn DLI 23/4/1943, Released January 1946.
 |Task or role=HQ Documents Officer with 14th DLI
 |Joined Brigade=27-Jun-40
-|Promotions=L/Sgt, Commissioned, W/S Lt 23/10/1943
+|Promotions=Lance/Sergeant, Commissioned, W/S Lt 23/10/1943
 |Wounded=1/3/1945
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}