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{{Personnel
|id=2191
|Surname and forenames=Lindsay G.
|Army number=4456581
|Rank=Pte
|Decorations=MiD
|Age=0
|Unit=10 DLI
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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 |Army number=4456581
 |Rank=Private.
-|Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches, together with Service Awards.
+|Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches, gazetted 15/7/1941, together with Service Awards - see photos of medals below.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no exact enlistment date as yet, but his Regimental Number implies Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted to the ? 6th Battalion.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Reported missing 10/5 to 20/6/1940.  Known to have been captured and taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940.  Escaped from custody 30/5/1940.  Made his way, via Paris, to Vichy France.  Arrested and Recaptured.  Escaped for a second time and made his way to Spain by December 1940.  Held in a Prison Camp until repatriated via Gibraltar and returned to the UK 17/3/1941.  Rejoined the Battalion 19/3/1941, Transferred to the Royal Engineers 8/12/42, and posted to No 2 Motor Transport Training Depot, (docs to Brighton 12/42).  Posted to 25 Mechanical Equipment Section, Royal Engineers.  Served Normandy and North West Europe.  Served in the British Army of the Rhine.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no exact enlistment date as yet, but his Regimental Number implies Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted to the ? 6th Battalion.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI probably 1/9/1939.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Reported missing 10/5 to 20/6/1940.  Known to have been captured and taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940.  Escaped from custody 30/5/1940.  Made his way, via Paris, to Vichy France.  Arrested and Recaptured.  Escaped for a second time and made his way to Spain by December 1940.  Held in a Prison Camp until repatriated via Gibraltar and returned to the UK 17/3/1941.  Rejoined the Battalion 19/3/1941, Transferred to the Royal Engineers 8/12/42, and posted to No 2 Motor Transport Training Depot, (docs to Brighton 12/42).  Posted to 25 Mechanical Equipment Section, Royal Engineers.  Served Normandy and North West Europe 1944/45.  Served in the British Army of the Rhine post-war.
 |Source table=10DLI
-|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 20/5/1940 and also later that year after being, temporarily, recaptured.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 20/5/1940, escaped 30/5/1940 - and also again later that year after being, temporarily, recaptured.  For the text of Private Lindsay's interview with Military Intelligence - see below.
 |Home address=Worked as a Lorry driver.  Lived at 3, Back Church Street, Shildon, County Durham.
 |Date of birth=Not yet known.
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 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Promotions=Probably Lance Corporal, judging by photographs.
-|Wounded=Not yet known.
+|Wounded=Not yet known, but no mention in his notes.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
 }}
-Thanks to Paul Errington - DLI Historian - there are a series of photographs available of the recent sale of Private Lindsay's medals together with various military ephemera.  These are set out below and thanks are extended to Paul for this extra information.
+Thanks to Paul Errington - DLI Historian - there are a series of photographs available connected with the recent sale of Private Lindsay's medals together with various military ephemera.  These are set out below and thanks are extended to Paul for this extra information.
 [[File:Pte_G_Lindsay_10_DLI_MID.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|Display associated with sale of medals.]]
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 [[File:Pte_G_Lindsay_10_DLI_MID.jpg2.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|Various ephemera.]]

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 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
 Thanks to Paul Errington - DLI Historian - there are a series of photographs available of the recent sale of Private Lindsay's medals together with various military ephemera.  These are set out below and thanks are extended to Paul for this extra information.
 [[File:Pte_G_Lindsay_10_DLI_MID.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|Display associated with sale of medals.]]

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 |Army number=4456581
 |Rank=Private.
-|Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches
+|Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches, together with Service Awards.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no exact enlistment date as yet, but his Regimental Number implies Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted to the 6th Battalion.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Reported missing 10/5 to 20/6/1940.  Known to have been captured and taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940.  Escaped from custody 30/5/1940.  Made his way, via Paris, to Vichy France.  Arrested and Recaptured.  Escaped for a second time and made his way to Spain by December.  Held in a Prison Camp until repatriated via Gibraltar and returned to the UK 17/3/1941.  Rejoined the Battalion 19/3/1941, Transferred to the Royal Engineers 8/12/42, and posted to No 2 Motor Transport Training Depot, (docs to Brighton 12/42).  Posted to 25 Mechanical Equipment Section, Royal Engineers.  Served Normandy and North West Europe.  Served in the British Army of the Rhine.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no exact enlistment date as yet, but his Regimental Number implies Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted to the ? 6th Battalion.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Reported missing 10/5 to 20/6/1940.  Known to have been captured and taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940.  Escaped from custody 30/5/1940.  Made his way, via Paris, to Vichy France.  Arrested and Recaptured.  Escaped for a second time and made his way to Spain by December 1940.  Held in a Prison Camp until repatriated via Gibraltar and returned to the UK 17/3/1941.  Rejoined the Battalion 19/3/1941, Transferred to the Royal Engineers 8/12/42, and posted to No 2 Motor Transport Training Depot, (docs to Brighton 12/42).  Posted to 25 Mechanical Equipment Section, Royal Engineers.  Served Normandy and North West Europe.  Served in the British Army of the Rhine.
 |Source table=10DLI
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 20/5/1940 and also later that year after being, temporarily, recaptured.
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 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
 }}

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 {{Personnel
 |id=2191
-|Surname and forenames=Lindsay G.
+|Surname and forenames=Lindsay George
 |Army number=4456581
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private.
-|Decorations=MiD
+|Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches
-|Age=0
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no exact enlistment date as yet, but his Regimental Number implies Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted to the 6th Battalion.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Reported missing 10/5 to 20/6/1940.  Known to have been captured and taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940.  Escaped from custody 30/5/1940.  Made his way, via Paris, to Vichy France.  Arrested and Recaptured.  Escaped for a second time and made his way to Spain by December.  Held in a Prison Camp until repatriated via Gibraltar and returned to the UK 17/3/1941.  Rejoined the Battalion 19/3/1941, Transferred to the Royal Engineers 8/12/42, and posted to No 2 Motor Transport Training Depot, (docs to Brighton 12/42).  Posted to 25 Mechanical Equipment Section, Royal Engineers.  Served Normandy and North West Europe.  Served in the British Army of the Rhine.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Missing 10/5 to 20/6/1940.  Captured 20/5/1940, Escaped 30/5/1940, Returned to UK 17/3/1941, Rejoined 19/3/1941, Trf Royal Engineers 8/12/42, Posted No 2 MTT Depot, docs to Brighton 12/42.
 |Source table=10DLI
-|Prisoner of War=20/5/1940
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 20/5/1940 and also later that year after being, temporarily, recaptured.
-|Home address=Lorry driver, 3, Back Church Street, Shildon, County Durham
+|Home address=Worked as a Lorry driver.  Lived at 3, Back Church Street, Shildon, County Durham.
 }}