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{{Personnel
|id=1432
|Surname and forenames=Furlong William
|Army number=4457182
|Rank=Pte
|Age=20
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS 1/2/40
|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of Charles and Annie Furlong, Jarrow.
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Wounded=Not yet known.
 |Prisoner of War=No.
 |Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 6, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  His headstone inscription reads : HIS HEART FOR HIS HOME, HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY.
 |Home address=Son of Charles and Annie Furlong, Jarrow.

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 |Promotions=None known.
 |Wounded=Not yet known.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 6, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  His headstone inscription reads : HIS HEART FOR HIS HOME, HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY.

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 |Surname and forenames=Furlong William
 |Army number=4457182
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private.
 |Date of birth=Born 1920/21.
-|Age=20
+|Age=20 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but possibly late 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- R. Casualties.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but probably Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- R. Casualties.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
+|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 6, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  His headstone inscription reads : HIS HEART FOR HIS HOME, HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY.
-|Home address=Son of Charles and Annie Furlong, Jarrow.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 6, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
+|Home address=Son of Charles and Annie Furlong, Jarrow.
 |Image Name=Furlong_W_4457182.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte W Furlong's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
-|Home address=Son of Charles and Annie Furlong, Jarrow.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 6, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Home address=Son of Charles and Annie Furlong, Jarrow.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 6, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Furlong_W_4457182.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte W Furlong's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Army number=4457182
 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=20
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- R. Casualties.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but possibly late 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- R. Casualties.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
+|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Home address=Son of Charles and Annie Furlong, Jarrow.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 6, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}