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{{Personnel
|id=1351
|Surname and forenames=Sewell John
|Army number=4456566
|Rank=Pte
|Age=0
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS 1/2/40
|Home address=38, Second St. Gateshead
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Decorations=None known except for Service Awards - including 1939-45 Star awarded after his release from captivity.
 |Date of birth=Born 11/12/1919.
-|Age=(At the time of his death).  Not yet known.
+|Age=79 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 28/6/1939.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Called to the colours 1/9/1939 and posted to the 12th Battalion.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France - disembarked there 24/4/1940.  Posted missing 21/5/1940.  Taken Prisoner of War in the vicinity of Ficheux - 22/5/1940.  Confirmation that he was a PoW received 18/6/1940.  Reported as being in Allied hands at Odessa.  Returned to the UK 30/3/1945 and posted to Y List PoW.  Permanently attached from the Y List 22/5/1945 and posted to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - 11th Battalion.  Medically downgraded to B1 23/5/1945.  To be retained in the UK for six months from 30/3/1945.  Struck off the strength of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 6/6/1945 and permanently attached to (unreadable unit).  Posted to Non Self Supporting Unit M & T Camps 23/6/1945.  Struck off strength 2/3/1946.  Posted to Y List 3/3/1946 proceeding to Release.  Relegated to Class Z Army Reserve 25/6/46.  Demobilised.
 |Company/Battery=D Company.
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 |Prisoner of War=Yes.  Held in Stalag XXA.  PoW Number 7059.
 |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died at Whitley Bay 15/2/1999.
-|Home address=38, Second St. Gateshead.  Single man.  Worked as a Gardener.  Father listed on War Office Records as John Shaw of 38, Second Street, Gateshead.
+|Home address=38, Second St. Gateshead.  Single man at the time of the 1939 General Register.  Worked as a Gardener.  Married Thelma Whitehead at Whitley Bay 18/12/1948.  Father listed on War Office Records as John Shaw of 38, Second Street, Gateshead.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Surname and forenames=Sewell John
 |Army number=4456566
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private.
 |Decorations=None known except for Service Awards - including 1939-45 Star awarded after his release from captivity.
 |Date of birth=Born 11/12/1919.
-|Age=0
+|Age=(At the time of his death).  Not yet known.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 28/6/1939.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Called to the colours 1/9/1939 and posted to the 12th Battalion.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France - disembarked there 24/4/1940.  Posted missing 21/5/1940.  Taken Prisoner of War in the vicinity of Ficheux - probably 22/5/1940.  Confirmation that he was a PoW received 18/6/1940.  Reported as being in Allied hands at Odessa.  Returned to the UK 30/3/1945 and posted to Y List PoW.  Permanently attached from the Y List 22/5/1945 and posted to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - 11th Battalion.  Medically downgraded to B1 23/5/1945.  To be retained in the UK for six months from 30/3/1945.  Struck off the strength of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 6/6/1945 and permanently attached to (unreadable unit).  Posted to Non Self Supporting Unit M & T Camps 23/6/1945.  Struck off strength 2/3/1946.  Posted to Y List 3/3/1946 proceeding to Release.  Relegated to Class Z Army Reserve 25/6/46.  Demobilised.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 28/6/1939.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Called to the colours 1/9/1939 and posted to the 12th Battalion.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France - disembarked there 24/4/1940.  Posted missing 21/5/1940.  Taken Prisoner of War in the vicinity of Ficheux - 22/5/1940.  Confirmation that he was a PoW received 18/6/1940.  Reported as being in Allied hands at Odessa.  Returned to the UK 30/3/1945 and posted to Y List PoW.  Permanently attached from the Y List 22/5/1945 and posted to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - 11th Battalion.  Medically downgraded to B1 23/5/1945.  To be retained in the UK for six months from 30/3/1945.  Struck off the strength of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 6/6/1945 and permanently attached to (unreadable unit).  Posted to Non Self Supporting Unit M & T Camps 23/6/1945.  Struck off strength 2/3/1946.  Posted to Y List 3/3/1946 proceeding to Release.  Relegated to Class Z Army Reserve 25/6/46.  Demobilised.
-|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
+|Company/Battery=D Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
 |Wounded=Not yet known - though this is possible at the time of his captivity.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes.  Held in Stalag XXA.  PoW Number 7059.
 |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
-|Died/Killed in action=
+|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
 |Home address=38, Second St. Gateshead.  Single man.  Worked as a Gardener.  Father listed on War Office Records as John Shaw of 38, Second Street, Gateshead.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Prisoner of War=Yes.  Held in Stalag XXA.  PoW Number 7059.
 |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
 |Home address=38, Second St. Gateshead.  Single man.  Worked as a Gardener.  Father listed on War Office Records as John Shaw of 38, Second Street, Gateshead.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Age=0
 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 28/6/1939.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Called to the colours 1/9/1939 and posted to the 12th Battalion.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France - disembarked there 24/4/1940.  Posted missing 21/5/1940.  Taken Prisoner of War in the vicinity of Ficheux - probably 22/5/1940.  Confirmation that he was a PoW received 18/6/1940.  Reported as being in Allied hands at Odessa.  Returned to the UK 30/3/1945 and posted to Y List PoW.  Permanently attached from the Y List 22/5/1945 and posted to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - 11th Battalion.  Medically downgraded to B1 23/5/1945.  To be retained in the UK for six months from 30/3/1945.  Struck off the strength of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 6/6/1945 and permanently attached to (unreadable unit).  Posted to Non Self Supporting Unit M & T Camps 23/6/1945.  Struck off strength 2/3/1946.  Posted to Y List 3/3/1946 proceeding to Release.  Relegated to Class Z Army Reserve 25/6/46.  Demobilised.
 |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
 |Home address=38, Second St. Gateshead.  Single man.  Worked as a Gardener.  Father listed on War Office Records as John Shaw of 38, Second Street, Gateshead.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}