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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Witherspoon John William
|Army number=4454653
|Rank=Cpl
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Iceland, Trf Royal Army Service Corps 28/9/44, docs to Hastings 24/10/44
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Army number=4454653
 |Rank=Corporal.
-|Date of birth=13/8/1920
+|Date of birth=13/8/1920 according to Army Records.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 20/4/1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Embodied 1/9/1939.  Posted 11th Battalion DLI (probably 1/9/1939).  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland.   Served Normandy.  Posted ? Bn DLI on Brigade disbandment.   Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 28/9/44, documents to Hastings 24/10/44.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 16/6/1946.  Demobilised.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 20/4/1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Embodied 1/9/1939.  Posted 11th Battalion DLI (probably 1/9/1939).  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland.   Served Normandy.  Wounded.  Posted ? Bn DLI on Brigade disbandment.   Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 28/9/44, documents to Hastings 24/10/44.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 16/6/1946.  Demobilised.
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 |Age=(At the time of his death).  Not yet known.
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 |Wounded=Yes - reported wounded N W Europe June 1944.
 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.

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 |Rank=Corporal.
 |Date of birth=13/8/1920
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 20/4/1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Embodied 1/9/1939.  Posted 11th Battalion DLI (probably 1/9/1939).  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland.   Served Normandy.  Posted ? Bn DLI on Brigade disbandment.   Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 28/9/44, documents to Hastings 24/10/44.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 16/6/1946.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 20/4/1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Embodied 1/9/1939.  Posted 11th Battalion DLI (probably 1/9/1939).  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland.   Served Normandy.  Posted ? Bn DLI on Brigade disbandment.   Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 28/9/44, documents to Hastings 24/10/44.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 16/6/1946.  Demobilised.
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 |Age=(At the time of his death).  Not yet known.
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 |Task or role=Not known but probably Rifle Section Commander.
 |Promotions=None known beyond Corporal.
-|Wounded=Yes - reported wounded N W Europe JUne 1944.
+|Wounded=Yes - reported wounded N W Europe June 1944.
 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.

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 |Surname and forenames=Witherspoon John William
 |Army number=4454653
-|Rank=Cpl
+|Rank=Corporal.
 |Date of birth=13/8/1920
-|Age=0
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 20/4/1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Embodied 1/9/1939.  Posted 11th Battalion DLI (probably 1/9/1939).  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland.   Served Normandy.  Posted ? Bn DLI on Brigade disbandment.   Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 28/9/44, documents to Hastings 24/10/44.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 16/6/1946.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 20/4/1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Embodied 1/9/1939.  Posted 11th Bn DLI (probably 1/9/1939).  ? BEF.  Served Iceland.  ? Served Normandy.  Posted ? Bn DLI on Brigade disbandment.   Trf Royal Army Service Corps 28/9/44, docs to Hastings 24/10/44.  Class Z Army Reserve 16/6/1946.
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
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-Genealogical research has not yet been able to definitively identify this man - no trace yet of a birth date which matches that included on Army records, which prevents specific identification of death or marriage - for which there are several with the same name in the area.
+Genealogical research has not yet been able to definitively identify this man - no trace yet of a birth date which matches that included on Army records, which prevents specific identification of death or marriage - for which there are several examples with the same name in the area.

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 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 20/4/1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Embodied 1/9/1939.  Posted 11th Bn DLI (probably 1/9/1939).  ? BEF.  Served Iceland.  ? Served Normandy.  Posted ? Bn DLI on Brigade disbandment.   Trf Royal Army Service Corps 28/9/44, docs to Hastings 24/10/44.  Class Z Army Reserve 16/6/1946.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|Died/Killed in action=
+|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
-|Home address=
+|Home address=No family information as yet.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}