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{{Personnel
|id=1117
|Surname and forenames=Moffitt John
|Army number=4455317
|Rank=Sgt
|Age=0
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS 1/2/40
|Prisoner of War=383, 11596
|Home address=128, Marian St. Gateshead
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Army number=4455317
 |Rank=Sergeant.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 1st or 2nd May 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion.  Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably 20/5/1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Posted ? Bn Black Watch.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 27/2/46.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 1st or 2nd May 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion.  Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Included on the acquittance roll for 10/5/1940.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably 20/5/1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Posted ? Bn Black Watch.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 27/2/46.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag XXB and 383, PoW Number 11596.
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 |Date of birth=Not yet known.
 |Age=(At time of death) Not yet known.
-|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
+|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
-|Task or role=Possibly a Platoon Sergeant.
+|Task or role=Possibly Platoon Sergeant.
 |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
 |Promotions=None known beyond Sergeant.

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 |Surname and forenames=Moffitt John
 |Army number=4455317
-|Rank=Sgt
+|Rank=Sergeant.
-|Age=0
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 1st or 2nd May 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion.  Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably 20/5/1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Posted ? Bn Black Watch.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 27/2/46.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, Posted ? Bn Black Watch, Class Z Army Reserve 27/2/46.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag XXB and 383, PoW Number 11596.
-|Prisoner of War=383, 11596
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Home address=128, Marian St. Gateshead
+|Date of birth=Not yet known.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}