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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Yorke David Garnett Downing
|Army number=253705
|Rank=Lt
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=
|Age=0
|Unit=POsted Cadet at 164 OCTU, Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 28/11/1942, Posted 14th Bn DLI 28/11/1942, Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943, Posted to 52 Regimental Holding Unit, Posted 101 Reinforcement Group 6/5/1944 - return to Battalion requested 27 May 1944, Posted 11th Bn 5/6/1944, Evacuated to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944, Posted 14th Bn DLI, Unemployed list 1947. Relinquished Emergency Commission on appointment to a Commission on the TA General List 1/9/1948, 2/Lt - Cambridge and County School Contingent Combined Cadet Force 1/9/1948, RARO Lt (Hon Lt) 1/4/1950, Resigned Commission 31/8/1952.
|Company/Battery=14th Bn - B Company, Bn HQ
|Task or role=14th Bn - Duty Officer 1942, Assistant Adjutant 1945
|Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43
|Promotions=W/S Lt 28/5/1943, T/Captain 15/6/1945, Lt 1/9/1948
|Wounded=27/6/1944
|Died/killed in action=
|Home address=
|Source table=11DLI
}}

The McGregor Card Index has Lt Yorke's Officer number as 243745 - it appears that 253705 is correct.

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 |Wounded=Yes - 27/6/1944.
 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
-|Died/killed in action=Death registered December 2006 in Barnet, London.
+|Died/killed in action=Died 17/12/2006.  Death registered December 2006 in Barnet, London.
-|Home address=Father - Garnet Oliver James Alexander Yorke, mother Adelaide Mathews.  In the 1939 Register lived at Hullah, Outwood Lane, Horsforth, Leeds.  Occupation - Schoolmaster.  Resident in Cambridge 1950.  Married Pauline Groves July 1945 in Central Durham.
+|Home address=Father - Garnet Oliver James Alexander Yorke, mother Adelaide Mathews.  In the 1939 Register he lived at Hullah, Outwood Lane, Horsforth, Leeds.  Went up to Cambridge in 1939 - Downing College - to read Geography.  Married Pauline Groves July 1945 in Central Durham.  Occupation post-war - Schoolmaster.  Resident in Cambridge 1950.  Their son - Michael Downing Yorke - also was an undergraduate at Downing College in 1965.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}
 The McGregor Card Index has Lt Yorke's Officer number as 243745 - it appears that 253705 is correct.

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 |Army number=253705
 |Rank=Lt
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known beyond service medals.
-|Date of birth=
+|Date of birth=24/3/1921 at Lancaster.
-|Age=0
+|Age=85 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Posted as Cadet at 164 OCTU.  The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 28/11/1942.  Posted 14th Bn DLI 28/11/1942.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943.  Posted to 52 Regimental Holding Unit.  Posted 101 Reinforcement Group 6/5/1944 - return to Battalion requested 27 May 1944.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/6/1944.  Served Normandy.  Evacuated wounded to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944.  Posted 14th Bn DLI.  Unemployed list 1947.  Relinquished Emergency Commission on appointment to a Commission on the TA General List 1/9/1948.   2/Lt - Cambridge and County School Contingent Combined Cadet Force 1/9/1948.  RARO Lt (Hon Lt) 1/4/1950.  Resigned Commission 31/8/1952.
+|Unit=Posted as Cadet to 164 OCTU.  Joined The Durham Light Infantry - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 28/11/1942.  Posted to the 14th Battalion DLI 28/11/1942.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 5/12/1943.  Served Normandy.  Posted to No. 52 Regimental Holding Unit.  Posted 101 Reinforcement Group 6/5/1944 - return to 11th Battalion requested 27 May 1944.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 5/6/1944.  Evacuated wounded to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944.  Posted to the 14th Battalion DLI.  Unemployed list 1947.  Relinquished Emergency Commission on appointment to a Commission on the TA General List 1/9/1948.   Posted as a 2/Lt - Cambridge and County School Contingent Combined Cadet Force 1/9/1948.  RARO Lt (Hon Lt) 1/4/1950.  Resigned Commission 31/8/1952.
-|Company/Battery=14th Bn - B Company, Bn HQ.  11th Battalion - A Company.
+|Company/Battery=14th Battalion - B Company, Battalion HQ.  11th Battalion - A Company.
 |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=7th Platoon.
-|Task or role=14th Bn - Duty Officer 1942.  Platoon Commander - 7th Platoon.  Captain and Assistant Adjutant 1945
+|Task or role=14th Battalion - Duty Officer 1942.  Platoon Commander - 7th Platoon.  Captain and Assistant Adjutant 1945
-|Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43
+|Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43.
 |Promotions=W/S Lt 28/5/1943, T/Captain 15/6/1945, Lt 1/9/1948.
-|Wounded=27/6/1944.
+|Wounded=Yes - 27/6/1944.
-|Died/killed in action=
+|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
-|Home address=
+|Died/killed in action=Death registered December 2006 in Barnet, London.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}
 The McGregor Card Index has Lt Yorke's Officer number as 243745 - it appears that 253705 is correct.

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 |Date of birth=
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Posted as Cadet at 164 OCTU, Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 28/11/1942, Posted 14th Bn DLI 28/11/1942, Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943, Posted to 52 Regimental Holding Unit, Posted 101 Reinforcement Group 6/5/1944 - return to Battalion requested 27 May 1944, Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/6/1944, Evacuated wounded to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944, Posted 14th Bn DLI, Unemployed list 1947.  Relinquished Emergency Commission on appointment to a Commission on the TA General List 1/9/1948,  2/Lt - Cambridge and County School Contingent Combined Cadet Force 1/9/1948, RARO Lt (Hon Lt) 1/4/1950, Resigned Commission 31/8/1952.
+|Unit=Posted as Cadet at 164 OCTU.  The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 28/11/1942.  Posted 14th Bn DLI 28/11/1942.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943.  Posted to 52 Regimental Holding Unit.  Posted 101 Reinforcement Group 6/5/1944 - return to Battalion requested 27 May 1944.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/6/1944.  Served Normandy.  Evacuated wounded to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944.  Posted 14th Bn DLI.  Unemployed list 1947.  Relinquished Emergency Commission on appointment to a Commission on the TA General List 1/9/1948.   2/Lt - Cambridge and County School Contingent Combined Cadet Force 1/9/1948.  RARO Lt (Hon Lt) 1/4/1950.  Resigned Commission 31/8/1952.
-|Company/Battery=14th Bn - B Company, Bn HQ
+|Company/Battery=14th Bn - B Company, Bn HQ.  11th Battalion - A Company.
-|Task or role=14th Bn - Duty Officer 1942, Captain and Assistant Adjutant 1945
+|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=7th Platoon.
 |Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43
-|Promotions=W/S Lt 28/5/1943, T/Captain 15/6/1945, Lt 1/9/1948
+|Promotions=W/S Lt 28/5/1943, T/Captain 15/6/1945, Lt 1/9/1948.
-|Wounded=27/6/1944
+|Wounded=27/6/1944.
 |Died/killed in action=
 |Home address=