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{{Personnel
|id=1367
|Surname and forenames=Irving Samuel
|Army number=4456623
|Rank=Pte
|Age=23
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS
|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of Robert and Elizabeth Ann Irving, Gateshead.
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Surname and forenames=Irving Samuel
 |Army number=4456623
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private.
 |Date of birth=Born 1916/17.
 |Age=23 at the time of his death.
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 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
 |Task or role=Not yet known but probably Rifleman.
 |Wounded=Not so far as is known but he may have died of wounds.
 |Prisoner of War=No - not likely.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Promotions=Lance Corporal
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  Buried Grave 6, Plot 8, Row A. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  No inscription on his headstone.
+|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Grave 6, Plot 8, Row A. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  No inscription on his headstone.
 |Home address=Son of Robert and Elizabeth Ann Irving, Gateshead.
 |Image Name=Irving_S_4456623.JPG
 |Image Title=L/Cpl S Irving's CWGC headstone.
-|Decorations=None known beyong Service Awards.
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
+|Company/Battery=C Company.
-|Platoon or other sub-unit=
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
-|Task or role=Not yet known.
+|Task or role=Not yet known but probably Rifleman.
 |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
 |Wounded=Not so far as is known but he may have died of wounds.

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Date of birth=Born 1916/17.
-|Age=23
+|Age=23 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Small Arms School Course No 6 3/40.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no exact enlistment date as yet, but his Regimental Number suggests that he joined in Spring 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Attended Small Arms School Course No 6 3/40.  Served with the BEF in France.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|Promotions=L/Cpl
+|Promotions=Lance Corporal
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  Buried Grave 6, Plot 8, Row A. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  No inscription on his headstone.
-|Home address=Son of Robert and Elizabeth Ann Irving, Gateshead.  Buried Grave 6, Plot 8, Row A. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
+|Home address=Son of Robert and Elizabeth Ann Irving, Gateshead.
 |Image Name=Irving_S_4456623.JPG
 |Image Title=L/Cpl S Irving's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Promotions=L/Cpl
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
-|Home address=Son of Robert and Elizabeth Ann Irving, Gateshead.  Buried Grave 6, Plot 8, Row A. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Home address=Son of Robert and Elizabeth Ann Irving, Gateshead.  Buried Grave 6, Plot 8, Row A. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Irving_S_4456623.JPG
 |Image Title=L/Cpl S Irving's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Army number=4456623
 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=23
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, Small Arms School Course 6 3/40, KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Small Arms School Course No 6 3/40.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
 |Home address=Son of Robert and Elizabeth Ann Irving, Gateshead.  Buried Grave 6, Plot 8, Row A. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}