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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Stobbs Selby
|Army number=4459068
|Rank=Private.
|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards. According to his Serve Record he was required to forfeit his Service AWards - see below for details.
|Date of birth=Born 9/2/1918 at Rowlands Gill.
|Age at the time of his death=Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 17/1/1940 at Darlington. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI. Posted to Training Camp. Underwent Basic Training. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Evacuated at the end of May 1940 and proceeded to Launceston. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. On the disbandment of the 10th Battalion at the end of August 1944 he was posted to the 8th Battalion. Reported Missing 11/9/1944. Recovered and charged with Desertion. Subjected to a Field General Court Martial and sentenced to 3 years Penal Servitude of which the first two years were to be served in a Military Prison, though he was not to be returned to the UK. The sentence was suspended on 2/2/1945 and he was posted to the 101 Reinforcement Group, having served only 99 days of his sentence. He was returned to duty on 4/2/1945 and then transferred to the Highland Light Infantry on 7/2/1945 and posted to their 5th Battalion. He returned to the UK and was relegated to the Class Z Reserve on 8/7/1946 and demobilised. He was discharged from his Reserve commitment on 6/2/1954.
|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known but probably Rifleman.
|Joined Brigade=17/1/1940.
|Promotions=None.
|Wounded=No.
|Prisoner of War=No.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=On enlistment he was living at 33 Oxford Street, Darlington. Married Ethel Doreen Schofield at Shildon on 10/1/1942.
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 |Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.  According to his Service Record he was required to forfeit his Service Awards - see below for details.
 |Date of birth=Born 9/2/1918 at Rowlands Gill, Gateshead, County Durham.
-|Age at the time of his death=53 years.
+|Age=(at the time of his death) 53 years.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 17/1/1940 at Darlington.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Posted to Training Camp.  Underwent Basic Training.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Evacuated at the end of May 1940 and proceeded to Launceston.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  On the disbandment of the 10th Battalion at the end of August 1944 he was posted to the 8th Battalion DLI.  Reported Missing 11/9/1944.  Recovered and charged with Desertion.  Subjected to a Field General Court Martial and sentenced to 3 years Penal Servitude of which the first two years were to be served in a Military Prison, though he was not to be returned to the UK.  The sentence was suspended on 2/2/1945 and he was posted to the 101 Reinforcement Group, having served only 99 days of his sentence.  He was returned to duty on 4/2/1945 and then transferred to the Highland Light Infantry on 7/2/1945 and posted to their 5th Battalion.  He returned to the UK and was relegated to the Class Z Reserve on 8/7/1946 and demobilised.  He was discharged from his Reserve commitment on 6/2/1954.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 17/1/1940 at Darlington.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Posted to Training Camp.  Underwent Basic Training.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Evacuated at the end of May 1940 and proceeded to Launceston.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  On the disbandment of the 10th Battalion at the end of August 1944 he was posted to the 8th Battalion DLI - probably on 2/9/1944.  Reported Missing 11/9/1944.  Recovered a week later and charged with Desertion.  Subjected to a Field General Court Martial and sentenced to 3 years Penal Servitude of which the first two years were to be served in a Military Prison, though he was not to be returned to the UK.  The sentence was suspended on 2/2/1945 and he was posted to the 101 Reinforcement Group, having served only 99 days of his sentence.  He was returned to duty on 4/2/1945 and then transferred to the Highland Light Infantry on 7/2/1945 and posted to their 5th Battalion.  He returned to the UK, probably at the end of hostilities, and was relegated to the Class Z Reserve on 8/7/1946 and demobilised.  He was discharged from his Reserve commitment on 6/2/1954.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
 |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.

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 |Died/Killed in action=Death registered Q3 1971, aged 53.
 |Home address=On enlistment he was living at 33 Oxford Street, Darlington with his parents Edward and Mary Ann Stobbs, together with other members of the family, and was working as a Painter and Decorator.  Married Ethel Doreen Schofield at Shildon on 10/1/1942.
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 |Army number=4459068
 |Rank=Private.
-|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.  According to his Serve Record he was required to forfeit his Service AWards - see below for details.
+|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.  According to his Service Record he was required to forfeit his Service Awards - see below for details.
-|Date of birth=Born 9/2/1918 at Rowlands Gill.
+|Date of birth=Born 9/2/1918 at Rowlands Gill, Gateshead, County Durham.
-|Age at the time of his death=Not yet known.
+|Age at the time of his death=53 years.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 17/1/1940 at Darlington.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Posted to Training Camp.  Underwent Basic Training.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Evacuated at the end of May 1940 and proceeded to Launceston.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  On the disbandment of the 10th Battalion at the end of August 1944 he was posted to the 8th Battalion.  Reported Missing 11/9/1944.  Recovered and charged with Desertion.  Subjected to a Field General Court Martial and sentenced to 3 years Penal Servitude of which the first two years were to be served in a Military Prison, though he was not to be returned to the UK.  The sentence was suspended on 2/2/1945 and he was posted to the 101 Reinforcement Group, having served only 99 days of his sentence.  He was returned to duty on 4/2/1945 and then transferred to the Highland Light Infantry on 7/2/1945 and posted to their 5th Battalion.  He returned to the UK and was relegated to the Class Z Reserve on 8/7/1946 and demobilised.  He was discharged from his Reserve commitment on 6/2/1954.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 17/1/1940 at Darlington.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Posted to Training Camp.  Underwent Basic Training.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Evacuated at the end of May 1940 and proceeded to Launceston.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  On the disbandment of the 10th Battalion at the end of August 1944 he was posted to the 8th Battalion DLI.  Reported Missing 11/9/1944.  Recovered and charged with Desertion.  Subjected to a Field General Court Martial and sentenced to 3 years Penal Servitude of which the first two years were to be served in a Military Prison, though he was not to be returned to the UK.  The sentence was suspended on 2/2/1945 and he was posted to the 101 Reinforcement Group, having served only 99 days of his sentence.  He was returned to duty on 4/2/1945 and then transferred to the Highland Light Infantry on 7/2/1945 and posted to their 5th Battalion.  He returned to the UK and was relegated to the Class Z Reserve on 8/7/1946 and demobilised.  He was discharged from his Reserve commitment on 6/2/1954.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
 |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
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 |Wounded=No.
 |Prisoner of War=No.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
+|Died/Killed in action=Death registered Q3 1971, aged 53.
-|Home address=On enlistment he was living at 33 Oxford Street, Darlington.  Married Ethel Doreen Schofield at Shildon on 10/1/1942.
+|Home address=On enlistment he was living at 33 Oxford Street, Darlington with his parents Edward and Mary Ann Stobbs, together with other members of the family, and was working as a Painter and Decorator.  Married Ethel Doreen Schofield at Shildon on 10/1/1942.
 }}