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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Grant Duncan MacPherson
|Army number=138532
|Rank=2/Lt
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, Regular Army Emergency Commission into Durham Light Infantry - Gazetted 5/7/1940, Posted No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth, Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940, Iceland, With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944,
|Company/Battery=D, S,
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Anti-Tank
|Task or role=Pl Cdr 28/7/1943, Coy Cdr 2/7/1944, Coy Cdr.
|Joined Brigade=09-Jul-40
|Promotions=T/Captain, A/Major
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Date of birth=15/2/1916
 |Age=0
-|Unit=In 1939 had a Reserve commitment in the Scots Guards, so presumably had served in the ranks of that Regiment before 1939.  Joined The Durham Light Infantry - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 5/7/1940.  Posted No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth 6/7/1940.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940 - joined 10/7/1940.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Bayeux General Hospital 8/8/1944.  Returned to Battalion 12/8/1944.  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.   In 97 (British) General Hospital late 1944.  Unemployed list 1945 as Hon Major.
+|Unit=Duncan M Grant had served in the ranks of the Scots Guards as 2695208 before 1939, and, in 1939, still retained a Reserve commitment to the Scots Guards.  Scots Guards Regimental records show that he was discharged under the 1940 King's Regulations to a Commission on 3/7/1940.  This was presumably at the conclusion of an OCTU Course where he would have been a Cadet.  Joined The Durham Light Infantry - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 5/7/1940.  Posted No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth 6/7/1940.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940 - joined 10/7/1940.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Bayeux General Hospital 8/8/1944.  Returned to Battalion 12/8/1944.  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.   In 97 (British) General Hospital late 1944.  Unemployed list 1945 as Hon Major.
 |Company/Battery=D Company, B Company, Support Company, C Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=5th (Anti-Tank) Platoon.
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 |Promotions=W/S Lt 27/4/1941, A/Captain 1/10/1941, T/Captain 1/1/1942, W/S Captain and A/Major 2/10/1944.
 |Died/Killed in action=Died 1999 aged 83.  Death registered 6/1999 in Northampton.
-|Home address=In the 1939 General Register he was a single man living with his mother at 27, St David's Road, Northampton and working as a Police Constable.  Research indicates that he married Hazel Woods at Northampton in Q2 1953 (to be confirmed).
+|Home address=In the 1939 General Register he was a single man living with his mother at 27, St David's Road, Northampton and working as a Police Constable, presumably having left the Scots Guards.  Research indicates that he married Hazel Woods at Northampton in Q2 1953 (to be confirmed).
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Joined Brigade=09-Jul-40.
 |Promotions=W/S Lt 27/4/1941, A/Captain 1/10/1941, T/Captain 1/1/1942, W/S Captain and A/Major 2/10/1944.
-|Died/Killed in action=Died 1999, Death registered 6/1999 in Northampton.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 1999 aged 83.  Death registered 6/1999 in Northampton.
-|Home address=In the 1939 General Register he was a single man living with his mother at 27, St David's Road, Northampton and working as a Police Constable.
+|Home address=In the 1939 General Register he was a single man living with his mother at 27, St David's Road, Northampton and working as a Police Constable.  Research indicates that he married Hazel Woods at Northampton in Q2 1953 (to be confirmed).
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Army number=138532
 |Rank=2/Lt
-|Date of birth=1916
+|Decorations=None known so far.
 |Age=0
-|Unit=The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 5/7/1940.  Posted No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth 6/7/1940.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940 - joined 10/7/1940.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Bayeux General Hospital 8/8/1944.  Returned to Battalion 12/8/1944.  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.   In 97 (British) General Hospital late 1944.  Unemployed list 1945 as Hon Major.
+|Unit=In 1939 had a Reserve commitment in the Scots Guards, so presumably had served in the ranks of that Regiment before 1939.  Joined The Durham Light Infantry - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 5/7/1940.  Posted No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth 6/7/1940.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940 - joined 10/7/1940.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Bayeux General Hospital 8/8/1944.  Returned to Battalion 12/8/1944.  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.   In 97 (British) General Hospital late 1944.  Unemployed list 1945 as Hon Major.
 |Company/Battery=D Company, B Company, Support Company, C Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=5th (Anti-Tank) Platoon.
-|Task or role=Company Commander 24/9/1942, and April 1943, Platoon Commander 28/7/1943,Company Commander 2/7/1944.
+|Task or role=Company Commander 24/9/1942, and April 1943.  Platoon Commander 28/7/1943, Company Commander 2/7/1944.
 |Joined Brigade=09-Jul-40.
 |Promotions=W/S Lt 27/4/1941, A/Captain 1/10/1941, T/Captain 1/1/1942, W/S Captain and A/Major 2/10/1944.
-|Died/Killed in action=1999, Northampton.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 1999, Death registered 6/1999 in Northampton.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Date of birth=1916
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 5/7/1940, Posted No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth 6/7/1940, Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940 - joined 10/7/1940, Iceland, Bayeux General Hospital 8/8/1944, Returned to Battalion 12/8/1944, With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944,  In 97 (British) General Hospital late 1944, Unemployed list 1945 as Hon Major.
+|Unit=The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 5/7/1940.  Posted No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth 6/7/1940.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940 - joined 10/7/1940.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Bayeux General Hospital 8/8/1944.  Returned to Battalion 12/8/1944.  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.   In 97 (British) General Hospital late 1944.  Unemployed list 1945 as Hon Major.
-|Company/Battery=D Company, B Company, S Company, C Company
+|Company/Battery=D Company, B Company, Support Company, C Company.
-|Platoon or other sub-unit=Anti-Tank Platoon
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=5th (Anti-Tank) Platoon.
-|Task or role=Company Commander 24/9/1942, and April 1943, Platoon Commander 28/7/1943,Company Commander 2/7/1944,
+|Task or role=Company Commander 24/9/1942, and April 1943, Platoon Commander 28/7/1943,Company Commander 2/7/1944.
-|Joined Brigade=09-Jul-40
+|Joined Brigade=09-Jul-40.
-|Promotions=W/S Lt 27/4/1941, A/Captain 1/10/1941, T/Captain 1/1/1942, W/S Captain and A/Major 2/10/1944
+|Promotions=W/S Lt 27/4/1941, A/Captain 1/10/1941, T/Captain 1/1/1942, W/S Captain and A/Major 2/10/1944.
 |Died/Killed in action=1999, Northampton.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Rank=2/Lt
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, Regular Army Emergency Commission into Durham Light Infantry - Gazetted 5/7/1940, Posted No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth, Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940, Iceland,  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944,
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 5/7/1940, Posted No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth 6/7/1940, Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940 - joined 10/7/1940, Iceland, Bayeux General Hospital 8/8/1944, Returned to Battalion 12/8/1944, With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944,  In 97 (British) General Hospital late 1944, Unemployed list 1945 as Hon Major.
-|Company/Battery=D, B, S,
+|Company/Battery=D Company, B Company, S Company, C Company
-|Platoon or other sub-unit=Anti-Tank
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=Anti-Tank Platoon
-|Task or role=Pl Cdr 28/7/1943, Coy Cdr 1943, Coy Cdr 2/7/1944,
+|Task or role=Company Commander 24/9/1942, and April 1943, Platoon Commander 28/7/1943,Company Commander 2/7/1944,
 |Joined Brigade=09-Jul-40
-|Promotions=T/Captain, A/Major
+|Promotions=W/S Lt 27/4/1941, A/Captain 1/10/1941, T/Captain 1/1/1942, W/S Captain and A/Major 2/10/1944
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}