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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Todd George Albert
|Army number=4463320
|Rank=Private
|Decorations=No known.
|Date of birth=Not yet known
|Age=Not known.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry.
|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not known.
|Joined Brigade=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.
|Home address=No family information as yet.
}}

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 |Prisoner of War=No.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death 6/4/1997 at Newcastle upon Tyne aged 82.
-|Home address=Worked pre-war as a Bricklayer and Mason, with relevant trade qualifications.  Thought to have married Annie Charlotta Paull 4/5/1940, Durham Northern.
+|Home address=Worked pre-war as a Bricklayer and Mason, with relevant trade qualifications.  Married Annie Charlotta Paull 4/5/1940, Durham Northern.
 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.  Understood to have been hit by a rifle round which was blocked by a Bible in his pocket.
-|Image Name=
+|Image Name=E28e4964-54e2-4656-b9a8-2b0eca900b25.jpg
 |Image Title=Private George Albert Todd
 }}

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 |Rank=Private
 |Decorations=None known, beyond Service Awards.
-|Date of birth=Born 1911.
+|Date of birth=Born 4/6/1914 at Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham.
-|Age=56 - 57 at the time of his death.
+|Age=82 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry.  Served Normandy.  Transferred to the Dorset Regiment 28/8/1944.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 20/6/1940.  Underwent Basic Training - probably at Brancepeth.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 8/2/1941.  Served Iceland.  Returned to the UK 23/12/1941.   Served Normandy from 9/6/1944. Transferred to the Dorset Regiment 28/8/1944 on the disbanding of the 11th Battalion.  Posted to Number 49 Reinforcement Holding Unit 8/12/1944 - 15/2/1945.  Posted elsewhere.  Transferred to Lincolnshire Regiment 16/4/1945 and posted to the 4th Battalion.  Returned to the UK 7/12/1945.  Granted Service Release 13/12/1945.  Demobilised.
-|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
+|Company/Battery=Probably C Company in 11th Battalion DLI.  May have been in Pioneer Platoon in view of his skills.
-|Task or role=Not known.
+|Task or role=Pioneer.  Passed Army Trade Tests 14/12/1941 while serving in Iceland.
-|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
+|Joined Brigade=8/2/1941.
-|Promotions=Not known.
+|Promotions=None known.  Apparently refused appointment to Lance Corporal.
-|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
+|Prisoner of War=No.
-|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
+|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 6/4/1997 at Newcastle upon Tyne aged 82.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death thought to have been 28/2/1968 - funeral at Durham Crematorium.  (Data needs confirmation).
+|Home address=Worked pre-war as a Bricklayer and Mason, with relevant trade qualifications.  Thought to have married Annie Charlotta Paull 4/5/1940, Durham Northern.
-|Home address=Thought to have married Annie C Paull Q2 1940, Durham Northern.
+|Wounded=Not as far as is known.  Understood to have been hit by a rifle round which was blocked by a Bible in his pocket.
 }}

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 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death thought to have been 28/2/1968 - funeral at Durham Crematorium.  (Data needs confirmation).
-|Home address=THought to have married Annie C Paull Q2 1940, Durham Northern.
+|Home address=Thought to have married Annie C Paull Q2 1940, Durham Northern.
 }}
 The transfer to the Dorset Regiment suggests that Private Todd was a member of 11th DLI, but this needs to be confirmed.

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 |Army number=4463320
 |Rank=Private
-|Decorations=No known.
+|Decorations=None known.
 |Date of birth=Not yet known
 |Age=Not known.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry.  Served Normandy.  Transferred to the Dorset Regiment 28/8/1944.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
 |Task or role=Not known.