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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Shippen James
|Army number=4456661
|Rank=Pte.
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No enlistment date, Posted ? 6th Bn DLI, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Reported MISSING 20/6/1940, Now known to be Prisoner of War 10/7/1940, Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 12/3/1946.
|Prisoner of War=9C (670) 31230
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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		+	James is mentioned by Harry Oliver in his book "Seven Men to a Loaf".

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 |Surname and forenames=Shippen James
 |Army number=4456661
-|Rank=Pte.
+|Rank=Private.
 |Date of birth=Not yet known.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably Summer 1939.  Posted ? 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI.  Served BEF.  Reported MISSING 20/6/1940 (a report to this effect appeared in the Auckland Chronicle of 18/7/1940), now known to have been taken Prisoner of War - notified 10/7/1940, and reported in the Auckland Chronicle of 12/9/1940 with the additional information that he was wounded and in hospital in France.  Repatriated.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 12/3/1946.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date known, but probably Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted ? 6th Battalion DLI.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939 on embodiment.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Reported MISSING 20/6/1940 (a report to this effect appeared in the Auckland Chronicle of 18/7/1940), now known to have been taken Prisoner of War - probably on 20/5/1940 - notified officially 10/7/1940, and reported in the Auckland Chronicle of 12/9/1940 with the additional information that he was wounded and in hospital in France.  Repatriated to the UK.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 12/3/1946.
-|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 |Wounded=Yes - according to local newspaper report of 12/9/1940.
-|Prisoner of War=9C (670)  31230.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag 9C (670), PoW Number 31230.
 |Home address=Resident of Spennymoor in 1951.  No further family information as yet.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}

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 |Rank=Pte.
 |Date of birth=Not yet known.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably Summer 1939.  Posted ? 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI.  Served BEF.  Reported MISSING 20/6/1940 (a report to this effect appeared in the Auckland Chronicle of 18/7/1940), now known to have been taken Prisoner of War - notified 10/7/1940.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 12/3/1946.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably Summer 1939.  Posted ? 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI.  Served BEF.  Reported MISSING 20/6/1940 (a report to this effect appeared in the Auckland Chronicle of 18/7/1940), now known to have been taken Prisoner of War - notified 10/7/1940, and reported in the Auckland Chronicle of 12/9/1940 with the additional information that he was wounded and in hospital in France.  Repatriated.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 12/3/1946.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Prisoner of War=9C (670)  31230.
 |Home address=Resident of Spennymoor in 1951.  No further family information as yet.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}

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 |Rank=Pte.
 |Date of birth=Not yet known.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably Summer 1939.  Posted ? 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI.  Served BEF.  Reported MISSING 20/6/1940, now known to have been taken Prisoner of War - notified 10/7/1940.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 12/3/1946.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably Summer 1939.  Posted ? 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI.  Served BEF.  Reported MISSING 20/6/1940 (a report to this effect appeared in the Auckland Chronicle of 18/7/1940), now known to have been taken Prisoner of War - notified 10/7/1940.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 12/3/1946.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|Prisoner of War=9C (670)  31230
+|Prisoner of War=9C (670)  31230.
 |Home address=Resident of Spennymoor in 1951.  No further family information as yet.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}