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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Iceton George Edward
|Army number=4457030
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - dates not known, Posted ? Bn DLI, Trf REME 27/9/1944, R/E as 2255774 Dis EXE 1960.
|Source table=PBM
}}

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		+	Grateful thanks are due to the REME Corps Archivist for tracing George's postings once he had transferred to REME.

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 |Age=99 at the time of his death.
 |Decorations=Military Medal - gazetted 9/7/1940, together with Service Awards.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not known, but probably mid-1939.  Posted ? Bn DLI.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy?
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not known, but probably mid-1939.  Posted ?6th Bn DLI.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI - probably on 1/9/1939.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy.  Transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 27/9/1944 - probably on the disbandment of the Brigade.  Returned to the UK.  Posted to HQ Static Workshop, Northern Command 26/9/1944 under Part II Order 222/44.  Posted to No. 1 Base Workshop 8/5/1945.  Posted to the Static Workshop Group 3 on 22/6/1945.  Posted as attached to the 8th Battalion of the Queen's Regiment 5/10/1945.  Posted as attached to the 8th Battalion The DLI 6/10/1945.  Posted as attached to the 6th Battalion The DLI 12/11/1945.  Posted to 8 Central Workshop 8 Bn 29/1/1946.  Posted to HQ No. 2 Vehicle Group 30/1/1946.  Posted to Y List E 22/3/1946.   Demobilised.  Re-enlisted as 2255774 Dis EXE 1960.
-Transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 27/9/1944 - possibly on the disbandment of the Brigade.  Demobilised.  Re-enlisted as 2255774 Dis EXE 1960.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
-|Task or role=Not known - possibly Rifleman.
+|Task or role=Not known - possibly Rifleman initially but almost certainly Vehicle Mechanic.
 |Promotions=None known.
 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.

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 |Decorations=Military Medal - gazetted 9/7/1940, together with Service Awards.
 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not known, but probably mid-1939.  Posted ? Bn DLI.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy?
-Transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 27/9/1944 - possibly on the disbandment of the Brigade.  Re-enlisted as 2255774 Dis EXE 1960.
+Transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 27/9/1944 - possibly on the disbandment of the Brigade.  Demobilised.  Re-enlisted as 2255774 Dis EXE 1960.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.

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 |Prisoner of War-Not as far as is known.
 |Died or Killed in action=Died 14/1/2019 aged 99.
-|Home address=Father - Charles Iceton - worked as an "Odd Man" for Major Morritt at Rokeby Hall.  Mother - Janet Robson.  Married Mary Josephine Snowden (1916 - 2008) at Calder, Cumberland in July 1944.
+|Home address=Father - Charles Iceton - worked as an "Odd Man" for Major Morritt at Rokeby Hall.  Mother - Janet Robson.  Married Mary Josephine Snowden (1916 - 2008) at Calder, Cumberland in July 1944.  Resided 2006 - 2009 in Hartlepool, County Durham.
 |Source table=PBM
 }}

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 |Army number=4457030
 |Rank=Private.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Born 26/5/1920 at Whorlton, Barnard Castle, County Durham.
-|Age=0
+|Age=99 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not known, but probably mid-1939.  Posted ? Bn DLI.  Served B.E.F. ?  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy?
+|Decorations=Military Medal - gazetted 9/7/1940, together with Service Awards.
 Transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 27/9/1944 - possibly on the disbandment of the Brigade.  Re-enlisted as 2255774 Dis EXE 1960.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
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 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War-Not as far as is known.
-|Died or Killed in action=Date of death not known.
+|Died or Killed in action=Died 14/1/2019 aged 99.
-|Home address=No details yet.
+|Home address=Father - Charles Iceton - worked as an "Odd Man" for Major Morritt at Rokeby Hall.  Mother - Janet Robson.  Married Mary Josephine Snowden (1916 - 2008) at Calder, Cumberland in July 1944.
 |Source table=PBM
 }}

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 |Surname and forenames=Iceton George Edward
 |Army number=4457030
 |Age=0
 |Unit=Durham Light Infantry - dates not known, Posted ? Bn DLI, Trf REME 27/9/1944, R/E as 2255774 Dis EXE 1960.
 |Source table=PBM
 }}