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|Surname and forenames=Freeman John
|Surname and forenames=Freeman John
|Army number=4456225
|Army number=4456225
|Rank=L/Cpl
|Rank=Lance Corporal.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=0
|Age=0
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date.  Posted 11th Bn DLI.  Served BEF?  Served Iceland.  Posted ? Bn DLI on the disbandment of 11th Battalion?  Class Z (T) Reserve 1/9/46, Div 3/A 32.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date yet but probably Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted to the 8th Battalion?  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F?  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Posted ? Bn DLI on the disbandment of 11th Battalion?  Class Z (T) Reserve 1/9/46, Div 3/A 32.
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
|Promotions=Lance Sergeant.
|Promotions=Lance Sergeant.  Featured in the Sgt's Mess photo of April 1944.
|Home address=Resident of Meadowfield, County Durham in 1944.  No further family information as yet.
|Home address=Resident of Meadowfield, County Durham in 1944.  No further family information as yet.
|Source table=11DLI
|Source table=11DLI
}}
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Latest revision as of 09:12, 3 March 2025

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Name Freeman John
Army number 4456225
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 0
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date yet but probably Spring/Summer 1939. Posted to the 8th Battalion? Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F? Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Posted ? Bn DLI on the disbandment of 11th Battalion? Class Z (T) Reserve 1/9/46, Div 3/A 32.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed.
Promotions Lance Sergeant. Featured in the Sgt's Mess photo of April 1944.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Resident of Meadowfield, County Durham in 1944. No further family information as yet.
Source table 11DLI