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|Surname and forenames=Holmes Morien
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|Surname and forenames=Holmes Morien Welbury
 
|Army number=4457150
 
|Army number=4457150
 
|Rank=Lance Sergeant.
 
|Rank=Lance Sergeant.
 
|Decorations=M.i.D. and Service Awards.
 
|Decorations=M.i.D. and Service Awards.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Summer 1939.  Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Included in the acquittance roll for 10/5/1940.  Taken Prisoner of War.  Repatriated to the UK.  Posted ? Battalion Black Watch on the disbanding of the 1st Tyneside Scottish and return to the UK.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 24/3/46.
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|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 13/10/1939.  Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Included in the acquittance roll for 10/5/1940.  Taken Prisoner of War.  Repatriated to the UK.  Posted ? Battalion Black Watch on the disbanding of the 1st Tyneside Scottish and return to the UK.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 24/3/46.
|Prisoner of War=Yes - held in Camp383, PoW Number 6250.
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|Prisoner of War=Yes - held in Stalag XXA June 1940 - July 1940 and Stalag 383 Hohnfells Sept 1940 - 17/4/1945, Held in Work Camps at Czersk and Guttawich in Poland, working on road-making. PoW Number 6250.
|Home address=6, Aylesbury Avenue, Blackpool, S.S.
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|Home address=In 1939 lived at 48 Frobisher Street, Hebburn.  Later lived at 33, Sunderland Street, Houghton le Spring. Adopted as a child.  On 1/1/1931 married Lilian Mills (1910 - 1985).
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
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|Date of birth=Born 21/1/1908 in Gosforth.
|Age=(At time of death).Not yet known.
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|Age=73 at the time of his death.
 
|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
 
|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
 
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
 
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
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|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
 
|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
 
|Promotions=None known beyond Lance Sergeant.
 
|Promotions=None known beyond Lance Sergeant.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
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|Wounded=No.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
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|Died/Killed in action=Died 28/12/1981 in Michigan City, Indiana, USA, aged 73.
 
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Name Holmes Morien Welbury
Army number 4457150
Rank Lance Sergeant.
Decorations M.i.D. and Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 21/1/1908 in Gosforth.
Age 73 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 13/10/1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI. Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Included in the acquittance roll for 10/5/1940. Taken Prisoner of War. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Battalion Black Watch on the disbanding of the 1st Tyneside Scottish and return to the UK. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 24/3/46.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Platoon Sergeant.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond Lance Sergeant.
Wounded No.
Prisoner of War Yes - held in Stalag XXA June 1940 - July 1940 and Stalag 383 Hohnfells Sept 1940 - 17/4/1945, Held in Work Camps at Czersk and Guttawich in Poland, working on road-making. PoW Number 6250.
Died/Killed in action Died 28/12/1981 in Michigan City, Indiana, USA, aged 73.
Home address In 1939 lived at 48 Frobisher Street, Hebburn. Later lived at 33, Sunderland Street, Houghton le Spring. Adopted as a child. On 1/1/1931 married Lilian Mills (1910 - 1985).
Source table 1TS