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 |Date of birth=18/6/1911 at Newton Bewley.  Birth registered in Stockton on Tees, Q3 1911.
 |Age=94 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - attested 4/12/1929 - as a Regular soldier for seven years with the Colours and five on the Reserve.  Posted to the Regimental Depot at Fenham Barracks 5/12/1929.  Posted to the 1st Battalion DLI 14/5/1930.  Transferred to Section "B" Army Reserve under King's Regulations Para 382 (i) 4/12/1936.  Understood to have been recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of War as a Reservist with the DLI - mobilised at Newcastle upon Tyne 2/9/1939 and posted 5/9/1939.  Posted to No.4 Infantry Training Centre. Transferred to the RAOC 14/3/1942 under Army Council Instruction 626/39 in the rank of Private and posted to the Armourers Training Centre RAOC on 17/7/1942.  Documents to Leicester 25/8/1942.  Under Army Council Instructions he was transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1/10/1942.  Posted to 70th Brigade HQ 10/3/1943 and understood to have worked in the Brigade Workshops.  Posted Western Expeditionary Force as a Staff Sergeant 6/2/1944.  Returned to 70th Brigade Workshops 12/3/1944.  Embarked for France 9/7/1944.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - attested 4/12/1929 at Middlesbrough - as a Regular soldier for seven years with the Colours and five on the Reserve.  Posted to the Regimental Depot at Fenham Barracks 5/12/1929.  Posted to the 1st Battalion DLI 14/5/1930.  Transferred to Section "B" Army Reserve under King's Regulations Para 382 (i) 4/12/1936.  Understood to have been recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of War as a Reservist with the DLI - mobilised at Newcastle upon Tyne 2/9/1939 and posted 5/9/1939.  Posted to No.4 Infantry Training Centre. Transferred to the RAOC 14/3/1942 under Army Council Instruction 626/39 in the rank of Private and posted to the Armourers Training Centre RAOC on 17/7/1942.  Documents to Leicester 25/8/1942.  Under Army Council Instructions he was transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1/10/1942.  Posted to 70th Brigade HQ 10/3/1943 and understood to have worked in the Brigade Workshops.  Posted Western Expeditionary Force as a Staff Sergeant 6/2/1944.  Returned to 70th Brigade Workshops 12/3/1944.  Embarked for France 9/7/1944. Served Normandy.  Struck off strength 70th Brigade 26/8/1944 on disbandment.  Posted 146 Brigade HQ.  Posted 803 Infantry 1/8/1945. Embarked for UK.  Released to Class "Z" Reserve 30/12/1945.  Discharged from Reserve commitment 10/2/1954.
 Served Normandy.  Struck off strength 70th Brigade 26/8/1944 on disbandment.  Posted 146 Brigade HQ.  Posted 803 Infantry 1/8/1945.
 Embarked for UK.  Released to Class "Z" Reserve 30/12/1945.  Discharged from Reserve commitment 10/2/1954.
 |Company/Battery=Brigade HQ.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Brigade Workshops - RAOC then REME from 1/10/1942.
 |Task or role=Armourer.
 |Joined Brigade=Exact date not yet known.
-|Promotions=Unpaid L/Cpl 1/3/1932.  Paid L/Cpl 15/8/1932 - 1/12/1934.  Acting L/Cpl 6/6/1940.  Acting Armourer Sergeant 9/4/1943.  Granted War Substantive Rank of Armourer Sergeant following a period at Acting Rank.  Promoted to Unpaid Acting Armourers Quarter Master Sergeant
+|Promotions=Unpaid L/Cpl 1/3/1932.  Paid L/Cpl 15/8/1932 - 1/12/1934.  Acting L/Cpl 6/6/1940.  Acting Armourer Sergeant 9/4/1943.  Granted War Substantive Rank of Armourer Sergeant following a period at Acting Rank.  Promoted to Unpaid Acting Armourers Quarter Master Sergeant 21/6/1943.  Appointed Paid WOII having held Acting Rank for 21 days.  Passed Trade Test and upgraded to Class A WO II 6/4/1944.
-/6/1943.  Appointed Paid WOII having held Acting Rank for 21 days.  Passed Trade Test and upgraded to Class A WO II 6/4/1944.
+|Wounded=Not as far as is known, although he had several spells in hospital.
 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Died in Darlington Memorial Hospital on 25/10/2005 at the age of 94.

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 |Date of birth=18/6/1911 at Newton Bewley.  Birth registered in Stockton on Tees, Q3 1911.
 |Age=94 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 4/12/1929 as a Regular soldier for seven years with the Colours and five on the Reserve.  Posted to the 1st Battalion DLI.  Understood to have been recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of War as a Reservist with the DLI.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - attested 4/12/1929 - as a Regular soldier for seven years with the Colours and five on the Reserve.  Posted to the Regimental Depot at Fenham Barracks 5/12/1929.  Posted to the 1st Battalion DLI 14/5/1930.  Transferred to Section "B" Army Reserve under King's Regulations Para 382 (i) 4/12/1936.  Understood to have been recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of War as a Reservist with the DLI - mobilised at Newcastle upon Tyne 2/9/1939 and posted 5/9/1939.  Posted to No.4 Infantry Training Centre. Transferred to the RAOC 14/3/1942 under Army Council Instruction 626/39 in the rank of Private and posted to the Armourers Training Centre RAOC on 17/7/1942.  Documents to Leicester 25/8/1942.  Under Army Council Instructions he was transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1/10/1942.  Posted to 70th Brigade HQ 10/3/1943 and understood to have worked in the Brigade Workshops.  Posted Western Expeditionary Force as a Staff Sergeant 6/2/1944.  Returned to 70th Brigade Workshops 12/3/1944.  Embarked for France 9/7/1944.
-Served Iceland.  Transferred to the RAOC under Army Council Instruction 626/39 in the rank of Private on 17/7/1942 and posted to the Armoured Training Centre RASC.  Documents to Leicester 25/8/1942.  Under Army Council Instructions he was transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.  Posted to 70th Brigade HQ and understood to have worked in the Brigade Workshops.
+Served Normandy.  Struck off strength 70th Brigade 26/8/1944 on disbandment.  Posted 146 Brigade HQ.  Posted 803 Infantry 1/8/1945.
 |Company/Battery=Brigade HQ.
-|Platoon or other sub-unit=Brigade Workshops - RAOC than REME from 1/10/1942.
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=Brigade Workshops - RAOC then REME from 1/10/1942.
 |Task or role=Armourer.
 |Joined Brigade=Exact date not yet known.
-|Promotions=Promoted to WOII.
+|Promotions=Unpaid L/Cpl 1/3/1932.  Paid L/Cpl 15/8/1932 - 1/12/1934.  Acting L/Cpl 6/6/1940.  Acting Armourer Sergeant 9/4/1943.  Granted War Substantive Rank of Armourer Sergeant following a period at Acting Rank.  Promoted to Unpaid Acting Armourers Quarter Master Sergeant
 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.

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 Served Iceland.  Transferred to the RAOC under Army Council Instruction 626/39 in the rank of Private on 17/7/1942 and posted to the Armoured Training Centre RASC.  Documents to Leicester 25/8/1942.  Under Army Council Instructions he was transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.  Posted to 70th Brigade HQ and understood to have worked in the Brigade Workshops.
 |Company/Battery=Brigade HQ.
 |Task or role=Armourer.
 |Joined Brigade=Exact date not yet known.
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 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Died in Darlington Memorial Hospital on 25/10/2005 at the age of 94.
-|Home address=Father was James Temple and mother Ada Clark.  Married Marjorie Agar in Darlington on 27/7/1938.  Pre-war he worked as a machinist with Vickers at Elswick and also at Weybridge, and post-war, he worked at North Eastern Raiway shops at Darlington, until their closure in 1963/64 - leading to his redundancy, and then, also as a machinist, at Richardsons until his retirement in 1976.
+|Home address=Father was James Temple and mother Ada Clark.  Married Marjorie Agar in Darlington on 27/7/1938.  Pre-war he worked as a machinist with Vickers at Elswick and also at Weybridge, and post-war, he worked at North Eastern Railway shops at Darlington, until their closure in 1963/64 - leading to his redundancy, and then, also as a machinist, at Richardsons until his retirement in 1976.
 }}
 To read a "People's War" entry on WOII Temple, which includes a photograph of him, please click [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/46/a4451546.shtml] here.

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 |Date of birth=18/6/1911 at Newton Bewley.  Birth registered in Stockton on Tees, Q3 1911.
 |Age=94 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 4/12/1929 as a Regular soldier for seven years with the Colours and five on the Reserve.  Posted to the 1st Battalion DLI.  Understood to have been recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of War as a Reservist with the DLI.  Posted to the Served France - evacuated via Dunkirk.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 4/12/1929 as a Regular soldier for seven years with the Colours and five on the Reserve.  Posted to the 1st Battalion DLI.  Understood to have been recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of War as a Reservist with the DLI.
-Served Iceland.  Transferred to the RAOC under Army Council Instruction 626/39 in the rank of Private on 17/7/1942 and posted to the Armoured Training Centre RASC.  Documents to Leicester 25/8/1942.  Posted to 70th Brigade HQ and understood to have worked in the Brigade Workshops.
+Served Iceland.  Transferred to the RAOC under Army Council Instruction 626/39 in the rank of Private on 17/7/1942 and posted to the Armoured Training Centre RASC.  Documents to Leicester 25/8/1942.  Under Army Council Instructions he was transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.  Posted to 70th Brigade HQ and understood to have worked in the Brigade Workshops.
 |Company/Battery=Brigade HQ.
 |Task or role=Armourer.

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 |Army number=4447868
 |Rank=Private.
-|Decorations=Not known.
+|Decorations=None known, other than service medals.
 |Date of birth=18/6/1911 at Newton Bewley.  Birth registered in Stockton on Tees, Q3 1911.
 |Age=94 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 4/12/1929 as a Regular soldier for seven years with the Colours and five on the Reserve.  Understood to have been recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of War as a Reservist with the DLI.  Served France - evacuated via Dunkirk.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 4/12/1929 as a Regular soldier for seven years with the Colours and five on the Reserve.  Posted to the 1st Battalion DLI.  Understood to have been recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of War as a Reservist with the DLI.  Posted to the Served France - evacuated via Dunkirk.
 Served Iceland.  Transferred to the RAOC under Army Council Instruction 626/39 in the rank of Private on 17/7/1942 and posted to the Armoured Training Centre RASC.  Documents to Leicester 25/8/1942.  Posted to 70th Brigade HQ and understood to have worked in the Brigade Workshops.
 |Company/Battery=Brigade HQ.
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 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Died in Darlington Memorial Hospital on 25/10/2005 at the age of 94.
-|Home address=Father was James Temple and mother Ada Clark.  Married Marjorie Agar in Darlington on 27/7/1938.
+|Home address=Father was James Temple and mother Ada Clark.  Married Marjorie Agar in Darlington on 27/7/1938.  Pre-war he worked as a machinist with Vickers at Elswick and also at Weybridge, and post-war, he worked at North Eastern Raiway shops at Darlington, until their closure in 1963/64 - leading to his redundancy, and then, also as a machinist, at Richardsons until his retirement in 1976.
 }}
 To read a "People's War" entry on WOII Temple, which includes a photograph of him, please click [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/46/a4451546.shtml] here.

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 |Rank=Private.
 |Decorations=Not known.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=18/6/1911 at Newton Bewley.  Birth registered in Stockton on Tees, Q3 1911.
-|Age=Not known.
+|Age=94 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 4/12/1929 as a Regular soldier for seven years with the Colours and five on the Reserve.  Transferred to the RAOC under Army Council Instruction 626/39 in the rank of Private on 17/7/1942 and posted to the Armoured Training Centre RASC.  Documents to Leicester25/8/1942.  Posted to 70th Brigade HQ.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 4/12/1929 as a Regular soldier for seven years with the Colours and five on the Reserve.  LIkely to have been recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of War as a Reservist with the DLI.  Transferred to the RAOC under Army Council Instruction 626/39 in the rank of Private on 17/7/1942 and posted to the Armoured Training Centre RASC.  Documents to Leicester 25/8/1942.  Posted to 70th Brigade HQ and understood to have worked in the Brigade Workshops.
 |Company/Battery=Brigade HQ.
-|Task or role=Not known.
+|Task or role=Probably a vehicle mechanic or fitter (to be confirmed).
-|Joined Brigade=Not known.
+|Joined Brigade=Exact date not yet known.
 |Promotions=Not known.
 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died in Darlington Memorial Hospital on 25/10/2005 at the age of 94.
-|Home address=No family information as yet.
+|Home address=Father was James Temple and mother Ada Clark.  Married Marjorie Agar in Darlington on 27/7/1938.
 }}