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{{Personnel
|id=1550
|Surname and forenames=McFarlane Edward
|Army number=4459403
|Rank=Pte
|Age=26
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS
|Died/Killed in action=30/5/1944 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of Edward and Margaret A McFarlane.
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Date of birth=Born 1917/18.
-|Age=26
+|Age=26 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  Taken Prisoner of War - date not yet confirmed.  DIED (drowned) whilst a Prisoner of War in German hands 30/5/44, Serial No. 397.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer 1939.  POsted to the ? 9th Battalion.   Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940,and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940.  DIED (drowned) whilst a Prisoner of War in German hands 30/5/44, Serial No. 397.
-|Joined Brigade=Date not yet known.
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag XXA, B.A.B.  PoW Number 8456.
+|Company/Battery=D Company.
-|Died/Killed in action=30-May-44.  Understood to have been buried at PoW Camp - grave details not yet known.
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
 |Home address=Son of Edward and Margaret A McFarlane.   Commemorated Column 91, [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]].
 |Source table=1TS
 }}
 [[File:Dunkirk_Memorial.jpg|400px/thumb|centre|Dunkirk Memorial]]

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 |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  Taken Prisoner of War - date not yet confirmed.  DIED (drowned) whilst a Prisoner of War in German hands 30/5/44, Serial No. 397.
 |Joined Brigade=Date not yet known.
-|Died/Killed in action=30-May-44.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag XXA, B.A.B.  PoW Number 8456.
 |Home address=Son of Edward and Margaret A McFarlane.   Commemorated Column 91, [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]].
 |Source table=1TS

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 |Joined Brigade=Date not yet known.
 |Died/Killed in action=30-May-44.
-|Home address=Son of Edward and Margaret A McFarlane.   Commemorated Column 91, Dunkirk Memorial.
+|Home address=Son of Edward and Margaret A McFarlane.   Commemorated Column 91, [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]].
 |Source table=1TS
 |Prisoner of War=Camp and Number details not yet known.

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 |Army number=4459403
 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=26
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No Enlistment Date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, Prisoner of War, DIED (drowned) whilst a Prisoner of War in German hands 30/5/44, Serial No. 397.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  Taken Prisoner of War - date not yet confirmed.  DIED (drowned) whilst a Prisoner of War in German hands 30/5/44, Serial No. 397.
-|Died/Killed in action=30-May-44
+|Joined Brigade=Date not yet known.
 |Home address=Son of Edward and Margaret A McFarlane.   Commemorated Column 91, Dunkirk Memorial.
 |Source table=1TS
-|Prisoner of War=N.K.
+|Prisoner of War=Camp and Number details not yet known.
 }}