Trotter William Preston Wilson L/Cpl 4459330 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Trotter William Preston Wilson
|Army number=4459330
|Rank=L/Cpl
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Iceland, Trf York & Lancaster Regiment 20/5/43, Docs to Section 26/5/43
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Date of birth=Born 8/8/1916.
 |Age=Not yet known.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, Territorial Army on 17/1/1940.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI - probably on 17/1/1940.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland.  Transferred to the York & Lancaster Regiment 20/5/43, Docs to Section 26/5/43.  Transferred to the Gordon Highlanders 8/8/1944.  Details of the remainder of his military career could not be accessed.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, Territorial Army on 17/1/1940.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI - probably on 17/1/1940.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland.  Transferred to the York & Lancaster Regiment 20/5/43, Docs to Section 26/5/43.  Transferred to the Gordon Highlanders 8/8/1944.  Details of the remainder of his military career could not be verified.
 |Joined Brigade=17/1/1940.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
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 }}
-Genealogical information on this page requires confirmation as to accuracy and L/Cpl Trotter's family are urged to get in touch with the Lead Researcher to verify that information.
+Genealogical information on this page all requires confirmation as to accuracy and L/Cpl Trotter's family are asked to get in touch with the Lead Researcher to verify that information.
-Lance Corporal Trotter's name emerged in the War Office's "missing" exercise conducted in 1942 - implying that he had been posted missing at some stage in the 1940 campaign in Northern France and Flanders - which is documented at The National Archives.
+Lance Corporal Trotter's name emerged in the War Office's "missing" exercise conducted in 1942 - implying that he had been posted missing at some stage in the 1940 campaign in Northern France and Flanders - which is documented at The National Archives.  As with many other men involved in this exercise his return to duty may not have been accurately documented at the time.

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 |Army number=4459330
 |Rank=Lance Corporal
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Born 8/8/1916.
 |Age=Not yet known.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 17/1/1940.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI - probably 17/1/1940.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland.  Transferred to the York & Lancaster Regiment 20/5/43, Docs to Section 26/5/43.  Transferred to the Gordon Highlanders 8/8/1944.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, Territorial Army on 17/1/1940.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI - probably on 17/1/1940.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland.  Transferred to the York & Lancaster Regiment 20/5/43, Docs to Section 26/5/43.  Transferred to the Gordon Highlanders 8/8/1944.  Details of the remainder of his military career could not be accessed.
 |Joined Brigade=17/1/1940.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
+|Died/Killed in action=Death registered Q1 1977 at South Shields.
-|Home address=No family information as yet.
+|Home address=Married Jessie Donnison Q1 1949, Durham North Eastern.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}
 Lance Corporal Trotter's name emerged in the War Office's "missing" exercise conducted in 1942 - implying that he had been posted missing at some stage in the 1940 campaign in Northern France and Flanders - which is documented at The National Archives.

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 |Date of birth=Not yet known.
 |Age=Not yet known.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably late 1939.  Posted 11th Bn DLI - possibly 1/9/1939.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland.  Transferred to the York & Lancaster Regiment 20/5/43, Docs to Section 26/5/43.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 17/1/1940.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI - probably 17/1/1940.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland.  Transferred to the York & Lancaster Regiment 20/5/43, Docs to Section 26/5/43.  Transferred to the Gordon Highlanders 8/8/1944.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}
 Lance Corporal Trotter's name emerged in the War Office's "missing" exercise conducted in 1942 - implying that he had been posted missing at some stage in the 1940 campaign in Northern France and Flanders - which is documented at The National Archives.