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{{Personnel
|id=1483
|Surname and forenames=Heppell Henry
|Army number=4457989
|Rank=Pte
|Age=21
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS
|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of Albert and Margaret Elizabeth Heppell, Husband of Albert (??) Heppell, Consett.
|Source table=1TS
}}

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 |Company/Battery=B Company.
-|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not known.
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=Company Headquarters.
-|Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
+|Task or role=Probably Rifleman.  Served as Batman to his Company Commander - Captain ?
 |Promotions=None known.
-|Wounded=Yes - 20/5/1940.
+|Wounded=Yes - 20/5/1940 - wounds which lead to his death.
-|Prisoner of War=No
+|Prisoner of War=No.
 |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  No known grave.  Commemorated Column 91, [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]].
-|Home address=Son of Albert and Margaret Elizabeth Heppell, Consett.
+|Home address=Son of Albert and Margaret Elizabeth Heppell, Consett.  Brought up at Delves Lane, Consett and worked as a Baker pre-War.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}
 [[File:Dunkirk_Memorial.jpg|400px/thumb|centre|Dunkirk Memorial]]

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 |Rank=Private.
 |Date of birth=Born 1918/19.
-|Age=21at the time of his death.
+|Age=21 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer/Autumn 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Records also show surname spelt as Heppel and Hepple.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer/Autumn 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Records also show surname spelt as Heppel and Hepple.
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 |Company/Battery=B Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not known.
-|Task or role=Rifleman.
+|Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
-|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
 |Promotions=None known.
 |Wounded=Yes - 20/5/1940.
 |Prisoner of War=No
 |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  No known grave.  Commemorated Column 91, [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]].
-|Home address=Son of Albert and Margaret Elizabeth Heppell, Consett.   Commemorated Column 91, [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]].
+|Home address=Son of Albert and Margaret Elizabeth Heppell, Consett.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}
 [[File:Dunkirk_Memorial.jpg|400px/thumb|centre|Dunkirk Memorial]]

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 |Surname and forenames=Heppell Henry
 |Army number=4457989
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private.
 |Date of birth=Born 1918/19.
-|Age=21
+|Age=21at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Records also show surname spelt as Heppel and Hepple.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer/Autumn 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Records also show surname spelt as Heppel and Hepple.
-|Joined Brigade=Date not yet known.
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
 |Home address=Son of Albert and Margaret Elizabeth Heppell, Consett.   Commemorated Column 91, [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]].

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 |Joined Brigade=Date not yet known.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
-|Home address=Son of Albert and Margaret Elizabeth Heppell, Consett.   Commemorated Column 91, Dunkirk Memorial.
+|Home address=Son of Albert and Margaret Elizabeth Heppell, Consett.   Commemorated Column 91, [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]].
 |Source table=1TS
 }}
 [[File:Dunkirk_Memorial.jpg|400px/thumb|centre|Dunkirk Memorial]]

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 |Army number=4457989
 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=21
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties.  Records also show surname spelt as Heppel and Hepple.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Records also show surname spelt as Heppel and Hepple.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
+|Joined Brigade=Date not yet known.
 |Home address=Son of Albert and Margaret Elizabeth Heppell, Consett.   Commemorated Column 91, Dunkirk Memorial.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}