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{{Personnel
|id=1053
|Surname and forenames=Weddle James
|Army number=4454382
|Rank=Pte
|Age=0
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS 1/2/40
|Prisoner of War=20B, 124714
|Home address=45, York St. Gateshead
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Date of birth=Not yet known.
-|Age=0
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but his number suggests early 1939.  Posted ? 9th Battalion.  Posted 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.  Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Posted ? Bn Black Watch.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 22/9/46.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, Posted 12th Bn DLI, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, Posted ? Bn Black Watch, Class Z Army Reserve 22/9/46.
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 |Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.
-|Prisoner of War=20B, 124714
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag 20B, PoW Number 9457 (some records show 124714).
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
-|Home address=45, York St. Gateshead
+|Home address=45, York St. Gateshead.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}
 To listen to a detailed interview with Mr Weddle, conducted by Harry Moses for the Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive, please click [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80011982 here]