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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw-interface=""> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:28, 8 May 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Surname and forenames=Pexton David Lowell</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Surname and forenames=Pexton David Lowell</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Army number=4443103</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Army number=4443103</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Rank=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sgt</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Rank=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sergeant</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Enl </del>27/11/1923<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, R, </del>7<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">/</del>5, Aged 18<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>Hull<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>Posted ? <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bn </del>DLI<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>Posted 11th <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bn </del>DLI<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del> Prisoner of War 12/7/1940<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>Class Z Army Reserve 5/12/1945 as Sergeant.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Unit=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Joined The </ins>Durham Light Infantry, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">enlisted </ins>27/11/1923 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as a Regular Soldier for </ins>7 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">years with the Colours and </ins>5 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">years on the Reserve</ins>, Aged 18<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.  Native of </ins>Hull<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. </ins>Posted ? <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Battalion </ins>DLI<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.  </ins>Posted 11th <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Battalion </ins>DLI<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.  Served in France with the B.E.F. </ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Taken </ins>Prisoner of War <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">- probably around 20/5/1940 - notification via the Red Cross </ins>12/7/1940<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.  Repatriated. Relegated to </ins>Class Z Army Reserve 5/12/1945 as <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </ins>Sergeant<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|Joined Brigade=Not known exactly but possibly in the period leading up to mobilisation</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Promotions=Sergeant</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Promotions=Sergeant</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Prisoner of War=20B <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>383  8806</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Prisoner of War=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Yes - Camps </ins>20B <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </ins>383<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. </ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">PoW Number </ins>8806<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Home address=Born Drypool, Hull.  Farm Labourer.  Father was next of kin at enlistment - D L Pexton.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Home address=Born Drypool, Hull.  Farm Labourer.  Father was next of kin at enlistment - D L Pexton.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Source table=11DLI</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Source table=11DLI</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sergeant Pexton's personal memoir is held within the Collections of the Imperial War Museum - a description of the contents can be found [https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030003452 here].</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Quotes from Sergeant Pexton's memoir were featured in the first DVD "A New World Order" of the Daily Telegraph's "Second World War in Colour" series and he is identified in that film as serving with The Durham Light Infantry.</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>CSV import</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Personnel<br /> |Surname and forenames=Pexton David Lowell<br /> |Army number=4443103<br /> |Rank=Sgt<br /> |Unit=Durham Light Infantry, Enl 27/11/1923, R, 7/5, Aged 18, Hull, Posted ? Bn DLI, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Prisoner of War 12/7/1940, Class Z Army Reserve 5/12/1945 as Sergeant.<br /> |Promotions=Sergeant<br /> |Prisoner of War=20B 383 8806<br /> |Home address=Born Drypool, Hull. Farm Labourer. Father was next of kin at enlistment - D L Pexton.<br /> |Source table=11DLI<br /> }}</div>

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