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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Hamilton Charles Denis
|Army number=90293
|Rank=2/Lt
|Decorations=D.S.O. 5/4/1945, T.D. 1975
|Date of birth=6/12/1918
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 8th Bn DLI 21/6/1939, Embodied 24/8/1939, Posted 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39, B.E.F., Iceland, Commanding Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944, Trf Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Posted 7th Bn DoWR in command, Released 1946 as Hon Lt Col, TARO - Major 1/4/1948
|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, C Company, D Company, Bn HQ
|Task or role=Signals Officer, Adjutant 4/7/1940, Company Commander, 2 i/c 4/8/1942, C.O. 8/8/1944
|Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39
|Promotions=A/Captain 4/7/1940, W/S Lt and T/Captain 10/9/1940, W/S Captain and T/Major 20/9/1941, A/Lt-Col 8/8/1944, T/Lt-Col 5/4/1945.
|Died/Killed in action=7/4/1988
|Home address=Son of Charles and Helene Hamilton. Educated Middlesbrough High School and London University. Married 1939 Olive, daughter of Thomas Hedley Wanless.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

Author of the autobiography "Editor in Chief" published 1989 by Hamish Hamilton Ltd.

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	Sincere thanks are due to Lt Col Hamilton's family for information and for a copy of the autobiography.		Sincere thanks are due to Lt Col Hamilton's family for information and for a copy of the autobiography.
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		+	Issue 6 of the Polar Bear News - traced in the Durham County Record Office - carries an article by Lt Col Hamilton concerning plans for the establishment of a 49th Division Memorial near Fontenay (this impressive Memorial [http://70brigade.newmp.org.uk/wiki/Fontenay_-_49th_Division_Memorial] is the result of that appeal).

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 |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the 8th Bn DLI 21/6/1939.  Embodied 24/8/1939.  Posted to the 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39.  Served B.E.F.  (Weekly Return of Officers as at 5/5/1940 shows him as Rear Party Officer in the UK).  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Commanding Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.  Transferred to the Duke of Wellington's Regiment and posted to the 7th Bn DoWR as second in command.  Promoted to Command of 7th Bn DoWR.  Released 1946 as Hon Lt Col.  TARO - Major 1/4/1948.
 |Company/Battery=Battalion HQ, C Company, D Company, Battalion HQ.
-|Task or role=Signals Officer, Adjutant 4/7/1940,  Company Commander, 2 i/c of 11th Battalion 4/8/1942, C.O. of 10th Battalion 8/8/1944.
+|Task or role=Signals Officer, Adjutant 4/7/1940,  Company Commander, 2 i/c of 11th Battalion 4/8/1942, C.O. of 11th Battalion 8/8/1944.
 |Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39.
 |Promotions=A/Captain 4/7/1940, W/S Lt and T/Captain 10/9/1940, W/S Captain and T/Major 20/9/1941, A/Lt-Col 8/8/1944, T/Lt-Col 5/4/1945.

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 |Date of birth=6/12/1918
 |Age=69 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the 8th Bn DLI 21/6/1939.  Embodied 24/8/1939.  Posted to the 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39.  Served B.E.F.  (Weekly Return of Officers as at 5/5/1940 shows him as Rear Party Officer in the UK).  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Posted to 10th Battalion DLI.  Commanding Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.  Transferred to the Duke of Wellington's Regiment and posted to the 7th Bn DoWR as second in command.  Commanded 7th Bn DoWR.  Released 1946 as Hon Lt Col.  TARO - Major 1/4/1948.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the 8th Bn DLI 21/6/1939.  Embodied 24/8/1939.  Posted to the 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39.  Served B.E.F.  (Weekly Return of Officers as at 5/5/1940 shows him as Rear Party Officer in the UK).  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Commanding Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.  Transferred to the Duke of Wellington's Regiment and posted to the 7th Bn DoWR as second in command.  Promoted to Command of 7th Bn DoWR.  Released 1946 as Hon Lt Col.  TARO - Major 1/4/1948.
 |Company/Battery=Battalion HQ, C Company, D Company, Battalion HQ.
 |Task or role=Signals Officer, Adjutant 4/7/1940,  Company Commander, 2 i/c of 11th Battalion 4/8/1942, C.O. of 10th Battalion 8/8/1944.

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	For a Sunday Times article and the link to Ian Fleming see [http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/article1038657.ece here]		For a Sunday Times article and the link to Ian Fleming see [http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/article1038657.ece here]
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		+	Sincere thanks are due to Lt Col Hamilton's family for information and for a copy of the autobiography.

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 |Date of birth=6/12/1918
 |Age=69 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 8th Bn DLI 21/6/1939. Embodied 24/8/1939. Posted 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39. Served B.E.F.- Weekly Return of Officers as at 5/5/1940 shows him as Rear Party Officer in the UK. Served Iceland.  Served Normandy. Commanding Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944. Transferred to the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Posted 7th Bn DoWR as second in command.  Commanded 7th Bn DoWR. Released 1946 as Hon Lt Col, TARO - Major 1/4/1948.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the 8th Bn DLI 21/6/1939.  Embodied 24/8/1939.  Posted to the 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39.  Served B.E.F.  (Weekly Return of Officers as at 5/5/1940 shows him as Rear Party Officer in the UK).  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Posted to 10th Battalion DLI.  Commanding Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.  Transferred to the Duke of Wellington's Regiment and posted to the 7th Bn DoWR as second in command.  Commanded 7th Bn DoWR.  Released 1946 as Hon Lt Col.  TARO - Major 1/4/1948.
-|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, C Company, D Company, Battalion HQ.
+|Company/Battery=Battalion HQ, C Company, D Company, Battalion HQ.
-|Task or role=Signals Officer, Adjutant 4/7/1940,  Company Commander, 2 i/c of 11th Battalion 4/8/1942, C.O. of 10th Battalion 8/8/1944
+|Task or role=Signals Officer, Adjutant 4/7/1940,  Company Commander, 2 i/c of 11th Battalion 4/8/1942, C.O. of 10th Battalion 8/8/1944.
-|Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39
+|Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39.
 |Promotions=A/Captain 4/7/1940, W/S Lt and T/Captain 10/9/1940, W/S Captain and T/Major 20/9/1941, A/Lt-Col 8/8/1944, T/Lt-Col 5/4/1945.
 |Died/Killed in action=Died 7/4/1988.  Death registered at Westminster, London.  Probate granted in London 20/9/1988.

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 |Decorations=D.S.O. 5/4/1945, T.D. 1975
 |Date of birth=6/12/1918
-|Age=0
+|Age=69 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 8th Bn DLI 21/6/1939. Embodied 24/8/1939. Posted 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39. B.E.F.- Weekly Return of Officers as at 5/5/1940 shows him as Rear Party Officer in the UK. Served Iceland.  Served Normandy. Commanding Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944. Trf Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Posted 7th Bn DoWR as second in command.  Commanded 7th Bn DoWR. Released 1946 as Hon Lt Col, TARO - Major 1/4/1948.
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 8th Bn DLI 21/6/1939. Embodied 24/8/1939. Posted 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39. Served B.E.F.- Weekly Return of Officers as at 5/5/1940 shows him as Rear Party Officer in the UK. Served Iceland.  Served Normandy. Commanding Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944. Transferred to the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Posted 7th Bn DoWR as second in command.  Commanded 7th Bn DoWR. Released 1946 as Hon Lt Col, TARO - Major 1/4/1948.
-|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, C Company, D Company, Bn HQ.
+|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, C Company, D Company, Battalion HQ.
-|Task or role=Signals Officer, Adjutant 4/7/1940,  Company Commander, 2 i/c 4/8/1942, C.O. 8/8/1944
+|Task or role=Signals Officer, Adjutant 4/7/1940,  Company Commander, 2 i/c of 11th Battalion 4/8/1942, C.O. of 10th Battalion 8/8/1944
 |Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39
 |Promotions=A/Captain 4/7/1940, W/S Lt and T/Captain 10/9/1940, W/S Captain and T/Major 20/9/1941, A/Lt-Col 8/8/1944, T/Lt-Col 5/4/1945.
-|Died/Killed in action=7/4/1988
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 7/4/1988.  Death registered at Westminster, London.  Probate granted in London 20/9/1988.
-|Home address=Son of Charles and Helene Hamilton.  Educated Middlesbrough High School and London University.  Married 1939 Olive, daughter of Thomas Hedley Wanless.
+|Home address=Son of Charles and Helene Hamilton.  Educated Middlesbrough High School and London University.  Married 1939 Olive, daughter of Thomas Hedley Wanless.  Lived at 78a Ashley Gardens, Thirleby Road, London SW1.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}