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{{Personnel
|id=3008
|Surname and forenames=Shovlin Joseph Thomas
|Army number=4457134
|Rank=Pte
|Age=0
|Unit=11 DLI Iceland, Trf KOYLI 5/9/44
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Company/Battery=Possibly Support Company.
 |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Possibly Anti-Tank Platoon.
-|Task or role=It is indicated that he qualified as a Signaller while in Iceland so he may have served in the Signal Platoon of HQ Company or Normandy photographs imply that he was part of the Anti-Tank Platoon as a Signaller.
+|Task or role=It is indicated that he qualified as a Signaller while in Iceland so he may have served in the Signal Platoon of HQ Company.  Normandy photographs imply that he may have been part of the Anti-Tank Platoon as a Signaller.
 |Joined Brigade=On completing Basic Training.
 |Promotions=Appointed Lance Corporal on 17/10/1944 while with 1/4th KOYLI.  Promoted to Corporal on 13/10/1945 while in the Hallamshire Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment.

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 |Army number=4457134
 |Rank=Private.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, Underwent Basic Training.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Transferred to the  King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 5/9/44 on the disbandment of the Brigade. (KOYLI Enlistment Book not available).
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, on 19/10/1939 at Darlington.  Underwent Basic Training at Brancepeth Infantry Training Centre.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Evacuated via Dunkirk.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Transferred to the  King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 5/9/44 on the disbandment of the Brigade. (KOYLI Enlistment Book not available).  Posted to the 1/4th Battalion.  Transferred to the York and Lancaster Regiment.  Posted to the Hallamshire Battalion.
 |Source table=11DLI
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Date of birth=
+|Date of birth=Born 30/10/1918.
-|Age=(At time of death).
+|Age=86 at the time of his death.
-|Company/Battery=
+|Company/Battery=Possibly Support Company.
-|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=
+|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Possibly Anti-Tank Platoon.
-|Task or role=
+|Task or role=It is indicated that he qualified as a Signaller while in Iceland so he may have served in the Signal Platoon of HQ Company or Normandy photographs imply that he was part of the Anti-Tank Platoon as a Signaller.
-|Joined Brigade=
+|Joined Brigade=On completing Basic Training.
-|Promotions=
+|Promotions=Appointed Lance Corporal on 17/10/1944 while with 1/4th KOYLI.  Promoted to Corporal on 13/10/1945 while in the Hallamshire Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment.
-|Wounded=
+|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
-|Prisoner of War=
+|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 12/12/2004 aged 86.
-|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).
+|Home address=Worked as a Chocolate Assistant/Maker.  Lived at North Moor Farm, Durham Road, Herrington, Sunderland.
 }}

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=0
-|Unit=11 DLI Iceland, Trf KOYLI 5/9/44
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn, Iceland, Trf King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 5/9/44, Enlistment Book not available.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}