Spittlehouse David Cpl 4455892 - Revision history

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	\|Army number=4455892		\|Army number=4455892
	\|Rank=Private.		\|Rank=Private.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, 12th May 1939. He was 5ft 4in tall weighing 128lb, with a dark complexion and dark hair and brown eyes. Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI 12/5/1939. Embodied 2/9/1939. Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI 4/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France from 24/4/1940. Returned to the UK - possibly via Dunkirk - and was posted to the Infantry Training Centre 24/5/1940. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish 23/6/1940. Served Iceland October 1940 - December 1941. Posted to the Airborne Forces School and Depot 2/4/1943. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish at his own request 8/4/1943. Served Normandy from 11/6/1944. Posted to the X(II) List 5/8/1944 - possibly as a result of injury or illness. Posted to Number 32 Reinforcement Holding Unit 14/8/1944. On the disbandment of the Battalion transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers 22/8/44, under Authority: X/108/44, and posted to their 11th Battalion - RSF Enlistment Book 358/5/92. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/8/1946. His records were transferred to the Royal Engineers for administration purposes on 15/2/1952.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, 12th May 1939. He was 5ft 4in tall weighing 128lb, with a dark complexion and dark hair and brown eyes. Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI 12/5/1939. Embodied 2/9/1939. Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI 4/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France from 24/4/1940. Wounded. Returned to the UK - possibly via Dunkirk - and was posted to the Infantry Training Centre 24/5/1940. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish 23/6/1940. Served Iceland October 1940 - December 1941. Posted to the Airborne Forces School and Depot 2/4/1943. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish at his own request 8/4/1943. Served Normandy from 11/6/1944. Posted to the X(II) List 5/8/1944 - possibly as a result of injury or illness. Posted to Number 32 Reinforcement Holding Unit 14/8/1944. On the disbandment of the Battalion transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers 22/8/44, under Authority: X/108/44, and posted to their 11th Battalion - RSF Enlistment Book 358/5/92. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/8/1946. His records were transferred to the Royal Engineers for administration purposes on 15/2/1952.
	\|Decorations=Granted normal WW2 Service Awards. Commemorative medal awarded - detail not yet known.		\|Decorations=Granted normal WW2 Service Awards. Commemorative medal awarded - detail not yet known.
	\|Date of birth=Born Hebburn 3/1/1921. Mother's maiden surname Geddes. Baptised 26/1/1921 at St John's Church, Hebburn.		\|Date of birth=Born Hebburn 3/1/1921. Mother's maiden surname Geddes. Baptised 26/1/1921 at St John's Church, Hebburn.
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	\|Task or role=Understood to have been Batman to Lt Cohen while in Northern France. Later became a Signaller.		\|Task or role=Understood to have been Batman to Lt Cohen while in Northern France. Later became a Signaller.
	\|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.		\|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
	\|Wounded=Understood to have been lightly wounded in ~~1944~~. He had a short spell in a Field Dressing Station in Normandy.		\|Wounded=Understood to have been lightly wounded in 1940. He had a short spell in a Field Dressing Station in Normandy in 1944.
	\|Died/Killed in action=Died on 20/10/2011 in Lichfield.		\|Died/Killed in action=Died on 20/10/2011 in Lichfield.
	\|Prisoner of War=No.		\|Prisoner of War=No.

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	\|Army number=4455892		\|Army number=4455892
	\|Rank=Private.		\|Rank=Private.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, 12th May 1939. He was 5ft 4in tall weighing 128lb, with a dark complexion and dark hair and brown eyes. Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI 12/5/1939. Embodied 2/9/1939. Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI 4/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France from 24/4/1940~~. Wounded~~. Returned to the UK - possibly via Dunkirk - and was posted to the Infantry Training Centre 24/5/1940. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish 23/6/1940. Served Iceland October 1940 - December 1941. Posted to the Airborne Forces School and Depot 2/4/1943. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish at his own request 8/4/1943. Served Normandy from 11/6/1944. Posted to the X(II) List 5/8/1944 - possibly as a result of illness. Posted to Number 32 Reinforcement Holding Unit 14/8/1944. On the disbandment of the Battalion transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers 22/8/44, under Authority: X/108/44, and posted to their 11th Battalion - RSF Enlistment Book 358/5/92. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/8/1946. His records were transferred to the Royal Engineers for administration purposes on 15/2/1952.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, 12th May 1939. He was 5ft 4in tall weighing 128lb, with a dark complexion and dark hair and brown eyes. Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI 12/5/1939. Embodied 2/9/1939. Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI 4/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France from 24/4/1940. Returned to the UK - possibly via Dunkirk - and was posted to the Infantry Training Centre 24/5/1940. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish 23/6/1940. Served Iceland October 1940 - December 1941. Posted to the Airborne Forces School and Depot 2/4/1943. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish at his own request 8/4/1943. Served Normandy from 11/6/1944. Posted to the X(II) List 5/8/1944 - possibly as a result of injury or illness. Posted to Number 32 Reinforcement Holding Unit 14/8/1944. On the disbandment of the Battalion transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers 22/8/44, under Authority: X/108/44, and posted to their 11th Battalion - RSF Enlistment Book 358/5/92. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/8/1946. His records were transferred to the Royal Engineers for administration purposes on 15/2/1952.
	\|Decorations=Granted normal WW2 Service Awards. Commemorative medal awarded - detail not yet known.		\|Decorations=Granted normal WW2 Service Awards. Commemorative medal awarded - detail not yet known.
	\|Date of birth=Born Hebburn 3/1/1921. Mother's maiden surname Geddes. Baptised 26/1/1921 at St John's Church, Hebburn.		\|Date of birth=Born Hebburn 3/1/1921. Mother's maiden surname Geddes. Baptised 26/1/1921 at St John's Church, Hebburn.
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	\|Task or role=Understood to have been Batman to Lt Cohen while in Northern France. Later became a Signaller.		\|Task or role=Understood to have been Batman to Lt Cohen while in Northern France. Later became a Signaller.
	\|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.		\|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
	\|Wounded=Understood to have been lightly wounded in ~~1940~~. He ~~also~~ had a short spell in a Field Dressing Station in Normandy.		\|Wounded=Understood to have been lightly wounded in 1944. He had a short spell in a Field Dressing Station in Normandy.
	\|Died/Killed in action=Died on 20/10/2011 in Lichfield.		\|Died/Killed in action=Died on 20/10/2011 in Lichfield.
	\|Prisoner of War=No.		\|Prisoner of War=No.

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	\|Army number=4455892		\|Army number=4455892
	\|Rank=Private.		\|Rank=Private.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, 12th May 1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI 12/5/1939. Embodied 2/9/1939. Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI 4/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France from 24/4/1940. Wounded. Returned to the UK - possibly via Dunkirk~~. Posted~~ to the Infantry Training Centre 24/5/1940. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish 23/6/1940. Served Iceland October 1940 - December 1941. Posted to the Airborne Forces School and Depot 2/4/1943. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish at his own request 8/4/1943. Served Normandy from 11/6/1944. Posted to the X(II) List 5/8/1944. Posted to Number 32 Reinforcement Holding Unit 14/8/1944. On the disbandment of the Battalion transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers 22/8/44, under Authority: X/108/44, and posted to their 11th Battalion - RSF Enlistment Book 358/5/92. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/8/1946.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, 12th May 1939. He was 5ft 4in tall weighing 128lb, with a dark complexion and dark hair and brown eyes. Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI 12/5/1939. Embodied 2/9/1939. Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI 4/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France from 24/4/1940. Wounded. Returned to the UK - possibly via Dunkirk - and was posted to the Infantry Training Centre 24/5/1940. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish 23/6/1940. Served Iceland October 1940 - December 1941. Posted to the Airborne Forces School and Depot 2/4/1943. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish at his own request 8/4/1943. Served Normandy from 11/6/1944. Posted to the X(II) List 5/8/1944 - possibly as a result of illness. Posted to Number 32 Reinforcement Holding Unit 14/8/1944. On the disbandment of the Battalion transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers 22/8/44, under Authority: X/108/44, and posted to their 11th Battalion - RSF Enlistment Book 358/5/92. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/8/1946. His records were transferred to the Royal Engineers for administration purposes on 15/2/1952.
	\|Decorations=Granted normal Service Awards. Commemorative medal awarded - detail not yet known.		\|Decorations=Granted normal WW2 Service Awards. Commemorative medal awarded - detail not yet known.
	\|Date of birth=Born Hebburn 3/1/1921. Mother's maiden surname Geddes. Baptised 26/1/1921 at St John's Church, Hebburn.		\|Date of birth=Born Hebburn 3/1/1921. Mother's maiden surname Geddes. Baptised 26/1/1921 at St John's Church, Hebburn.
	\|Age=Aged 90 at the time of his death.		\|Age=Aged 90 at the time of his death.
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	\|Task or role=Understood to have been Batman to Lt Cohen while in Northern France. Later became a Signaller.		\|Task or role=Understood to have been Batman to Lt Cohen while in Northern France. Later became a Signaller.
	\|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.		\|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
	\|Wounded=Understood to have been lightly wounded in 1940. ~~Had~~ a short spell in a Field Dressing Station in Normandy.		\|Wounded=Understood to have been lightly wounded in 1940. He also had a short spell in a Field Dressing Station in Normandy.
	\|Died/Killed in action=Died on 20/10/2011 in Lichfield.		\|Died/Killed in action=Died on 20/10/2011 in Lichfield.
	\|Prisoner of War=No.		\|Prisoner of War=No.
	\|Home address=His father was Joseph Spittlehouse and his mother Isabella Geddes. Worked as an Apprentice Fitter. At the time of his Baptism his family lived at 54, Charles Street, Hebburn. Later lived at 74, Campbell St. Hebburn-on-Tyne and then resided in the Midlands, living at 10 Whitehouse, Common Road, Sutton Coldfield and 97 Blackberry Lane Sutton Coldfield. Married Margery Agnes Holton 10/4/1945. Worked at Reyrolles.		\|Home address=His father was Joseph Spittlehouse and his mother Isabella Geddes, though his grandmother was listed as his Next of Kin on his enlistment. Worked as an Apprentice Fitter. At the time of his Baptism, his family lived at 54, Charles Street, Hebburn. Later he lived at 74, Campbell St. Hebburn-on-Tyne and then resided in the Midlands, living at 10 Whitehouse, Common Road, Sutton Coldfield and then 97 Blackberry Lane Sutton Coldfield. Married Margery Agnes Holton 10/4/1945. Worked at Reyrolles. He was very well regarded as a footballer during his service and on discharge was given an exemplary character.
	\|Source table=1TS		\|Source table=1TS
	\|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, HQ Company.		\|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, HQ Company.
	\|Promotions=Best Company shot 3/40. ~~Promoted~~ to Corporal.		\|Promotions=Best Company shot 3/40. Appointed Acting Unpaid Lance Corporal 25/2/1944. Reverted to Private on admission to hospital 5/8/1944. Reappointed Acting Unpaid Lance Corporal 16/11/1945 and then Lance Corporal on the same day. He was promoted to Acting Corporal on 18/1/1946, confirmed as Corporal the same day and promoted to War Substantive Corporal on 18/4/1946, the rank he held on demobilisation.
	\|Image Name=Anestry_photo.jpg		\|Image Name=Anestry_photo.jpg
	\|Image Title=David Spittlehouse.		\|Image Title=David Spittlehouse.

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	\|Army number=4455892		\|Army number=4455892
	\|Rank=Private.		\|Rank=Private.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, ~~T, no definite enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 2nd or 3rd~~ May 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI 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. Wounded. Returned to the UK - ~~probably~~ via Dunkirk. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. On the disbandment of the Battalion transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers 22/8/44, under Authority: X/108/44, and posted to their 11th Battalion - RSF Enlistment Book 358/5/92. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/8/~~1944~~.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, 12th May 1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI 12/5/1939. Embodied 2/9/1939. Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI 4/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France from 24/4/1940. Wounded. Returned to the UK - possibly via Dunkirk. Posted to the Infantry Training Centre 24/5/1940. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish 23/6/1940. Served Iceland October 1940 - December 1941. Posted to the Airborne Forces School and Depot 2/4/1943. Returned to the 1st Tyneside Scottish at his own request 8/4/1943. Served Normandy from 11/6/1944. Posted to the X(II) List 5/8/1944. Posted to Number 32 Reinforcement Holding Unit 14/8/1944. On the disbandment of the Battalion transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers 22/8/44, under Authority: X/108/44, and posted to their 11th Battalion - RSF Enlistment Book 358/5/92. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/8/1946.
	\|Decorations=Service Awards. Commemorative medal awarded.		\|Decorations=Granted normal Service Awards. Commemorative medal awarded - detail not yet known.
	\|Date of birth=Born Hebburn 3/1/1921. Mother's maiden surname Geddes. Baptised 26/1/1921 at St John's Church, Hebburn.		\|Date of birth=Born Hebburn 3/1/1921. Mother's maiden surname Geddes. Baptised 26/1/1921 at St John's Church, Hebburn.
	\|Age=Aged 90 at the time of his death.		\|Age=Aged 90 at the time of his death.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Probably Admin. Platoon initially.		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Probably Admin. Platoon initially then later Signal Platoon.
	\|Task or role=Understood to have been Batman to Lt Cohen. Later ~~roles not known but possibly Rifle Section Commander~~.		\|Task or role=Understood to have been Batman to Lt Cohen while in Northern France. Later became a Signaller.
	\|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.		\|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
	\|Wounded=Understood to have been lightly wounded in 1940.		\|Wounded=Understood to have been lightly wounded in 1940. Had a short spell in a Field Dressing Station in Normandy.
	\|Died/Killed in action=Died on 20/10/2011 in Lichfield.		\|Died/Killed in action=Died on 20/10/2011 in Lichfield.
	\|Prisoner of War=No.		\|Prisoner of War=No.
	\|Home address=His father was Joseph Spittlehouse and his mother Isabella Geddes. At the time of his Baptism his family lived at 54, Charles Street, Hebburn. Later lived at 74, Campbell St. Hebburn-on-Tyne and then resided in the Midlands. Married Margery Agnes Holton 10/4/1945. Worked at Reyrolles.		\|Home address=His father was Joseph Spittlehouse and his mother Isabella Geddes. Worked as an Apprentice Fitter. At the time of his Baptism his family lived at 54, Charles Street, Hebburn. Later lived at 74, Campbell St. Hebburn-on-Tyne and then resided in the Midlands, living at 10 Whitehouse, Common Road, Sutton Coldfield and 97 Blackberry Lane Sutton Coldfield. Married Margery Agnes Holton 10/4/1945. Worked at Reyrolles.
	\|Source table=1TS		\|Source table=1TS
	\|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, HQ Company.		\|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, HQ Company.

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	[[File:Wedding_photo.JPG\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Wedding in Sutton Coldfield]]		[[File:Wedding_photo.JPG\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Wedding in Sutton Coldfield]]

			[[File:REPLY_TO_mISSING_ENQUIRY.png\|400px\|thumb\|centre\|Reply to War Office "Missing" enquiry]]

			[[File:Football_team.JPG\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Photo of David Spittlehouse with his football team]]

			[[File:With_dog.JPG\|400px\|thumb\|centre\|David Spittlehouse with pet dog]]

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	\|Image Title=David Spittlehouse.		\|Image Title=David Spittlehouse.
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	\|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, HQ Company.		\|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, HQ Company.
	\|Promotions=Best Company shot 3/40. Promoted to Corporal.		\|Promotions=Best Company shot 3/40. Promoted to Corporal.
	\|Image Name=		\|Image Name=Anestry_photo.jpg
	Image Title=David Spittlehouse.		\|Image Title=David Spittlehouse.
	}}		}}

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	\|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, HQ Company.		\|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, HQ Company.
	\|Promotions=Best Company shot 3/40. Promoted to Corporal.		\|Promotions=Best Company shot 3/40. Promoted to Corporal.
			\|Image Name=
			Image Title=David Spittlehouse.
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	\|Surname and forenames=Spittlehouse David (surname subsequently Sutton from 1948).		\|Surname and forenames=Spittlehouse David (surname subsequently Sutton from 1948).
	\|Army number=4455892		\|Army number=4455892
	\|Rank=~~Corporal~~.		\|Rank=Private.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no definite enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 2nd or 3rd May 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI 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. Wounded. Returned to the UK - probably via Dunkirk. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. On the disbandment of the Battalion transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers 22/8/44, under Authority: X/108/44, and posted to their 11th Battalion - RSF Enlistment Book 358/5/92. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/8/1944.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no definite enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 2nd or 3rd May 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI 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. Wounded. Returned to the UK - probably via Dunkirk. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. On the disbandment of the Battalion transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers 22/8/44, under Authority: X/108/44, and posted to their 11th Battalion - RSF Enlistment Book 358/5/92. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/8/1944.
	\|Decorations=Service Awards. Commemorative medal awarded.		\|Decorations=Service Awards. Commemorative medal awarded.
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	\|Died/Killed in action=Died on 20/10/2011 in Lichfield.		\|Died/Killed in action=Died on 20/10/2011 in Lichfield.
	\|Prisoner of War=No.		\|Prisoner of War=No.
	\|Home address=His father was Joseph Spittlehouse and his mother Isabella Geddes. At the time of his Baptism his family lived at 54, Charles Street, Hebburn. Later lived at 74, Campbell St. Hebburn-on-Tyne and then resided in the Midlands. Married Margery Agnes Holton 10/4/1945.		\|Home address=His father was Joseph Spittlehouse and his mother Isabella Geddes. At the time of his Baptism his family lived at 54, Charles Street, Hebburn. Later lived at 74, Campbell St. Hebburn-on-Tyne and then resided in the Midlands. Married Margery Agnes Holton 10/4/1945. Worked at Reyrolles.
	\|Source table=1TS		\|Source table=1TS
	\|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, HQ Company.		\|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, HQ Company.
	\|Promotions=Best Company shot 3/40. ~~None known beyond~~ Corporal.		\|Promotions=Best Company shot 3/40. Promoted to Corporal.
	}}		}}

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	{{Personnel		{{Personnel
	\|id=1208		\|id=1208
	\|Surname and forenames=Spittlehouse David		\|Surname and forenames=Spittlehouse David (surname subsequently Sutton from 1948).
	\|Army number=4455892		\|Army number=4455892
	\|Rank=Corporal.		\|Rank=Corporal.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 2nd or 3rd May 1939. Posted to the ?9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. ~~Transferred~~ to the Royal Scots Fusiliers 22/8/44, ~~Auth~~: X/108/44, and posted to ~~the~~ 11th Battalion - RSF Book 358/5/92. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/8/1944.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no definite enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 2nd or 3rd May 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI 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. Wounded. Returned to the UK - probably via Dunkirk. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. On the disbandment of the Battalion transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers 22/8/44, under Authority: X/108/44, and posted to their 11th Battalion - RSF Enlistment Book 358/5/92. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/8/1944.
	\|Decorations=~~None known beyond~~ Service Awards.		\|Decorations=Service Awards. Commemorative medal awarded.
	\|Date of birth=~~Not yet known~~.		\|Date of birth=Born Hebburn 3/1/1921. Mother's maiden surname Geddes. Baptised 26/1/1921 at St John's Church, Hebburn.
	\|Age=~~(At~~ the time of his death~~). Not yet known~~.		\|Age=Aged 90 at the time of his death.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=~~Not yet known~~.		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Probably Admin. Platoon initially.
	\|Task or role=~~Not~~ known but possibly Rifle Section Commander.		\|Task or role=Understood to have been Batman to Lt Cohen. Later roles not known but possibly Rifle Section Commander.
	\|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.		\|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
	\|Wounded=~~Not yet known~~.		\|Wounded=Understood to have been lightly wounded in 1940.
	\|Died/Killed in action=~~Date of death not yet known~~.		\|Died/Killed in action=Died on 20/10/2011 in Lichfield.
	\|Prisoner of War=~~Not as far as is known~~.		\|Prisoner of War=No.
	\|Home address=74, Campbell St. Hebburn-on-Tyne		\|Home address=His father was Joseph Spittlehouse and his mother Isabella Geddes. At the time of his Baptism his family lived at 54, Charles Street, Hebburn. Later lived at 74, Campbell St. Hebburn-on-Tyne and then resided in the Midlands. Married Margery Agnes Holton 10/4/1945.
	\|Source table=1TS		\|Source table=1TS
	\|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, HQ Company.		\|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, HQ Company.
	\|Promotions=Best Company shot 3/40. None known beyond Corporal.		\|Promotions=Best Company shot 3/40. None known beyond Corporal.
	}}		}}

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	[[File:Wedding_photo.JPG\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Wedding in Sutton Coldfield]]		[[File:Wedding_photo.JPG\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Wedding in Sutton Coldfield]]

			[[File:REPLY_TO_mISSING_ENQUIRY.png\|400px\|thumb\|centre\|Reply to War Office "Missing" enquiry]]

			[[File:Football_team.JPG\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Photo of David Spittlehouse with his football team]]

			[[File:With_dog.JPG\|400px\|thumb\|centre\|David Spittlehouse with pet dog]]