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|Date of birth=1921
 
|Date of birth=1921
 
|Age=0
 
|Age=0
|Unit=Posted as Cadet, Cambridge University OCTU.  Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 2/5/1942.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 8/5/1942.  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944 as Captain and Adjutant.  Posted No 48 Reinforcement Holding Unit.  Trf South Wales Borderers, Posted 2nd Bn SWB. Unemployed list 1946.
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|Unit=Posted as Cadet, Cambridge University OCTU.  The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 2/5/1942.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 8/5/1942.  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944 as Captain and Adjutant.  Posted No 48 Reinforcement Holding Unit.  Transferred to the  South Wales Borderers, Posted 2nd Bn SWB. Unemployed list 1946.
|Company/Battery=D Company, A Company, Bn HQ.
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|Company/Battery=D Company, A Company, Battalion HQ.
|Task or role=Messing Officer, Adjutant 1/6/1943.
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|Task or role=Messing OfficerAdjutant with effect from 1/6/1943.
|Joined Brigade=8/5/1942
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|Joined Brigade=8/5/1942.
 
|Promotions=W/S Lt 2/11/1942, A/Captain 1/6/1943, T/Captain 1/9/1943, W/S Captain and T/Major 28/3/1946.
 
|Promotions=W/S Lt 2/11/1942, A/Captain 1/6/1943, T/Captain 1/9/1943, W/S Captain and T/Major 28/3/1946.
 
|Home address=Educated Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, (BA 1948, MA 1953) Boxing Blue.  Resident of Ascot, Berkshire in 1976.  Executive - Shell Oil.
 
|Home address=Educated Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, (BA 1948, MA 1953) Boxing Blue.  Resident of Ascot, Berkshire in 1976.  Executive - Shell Oil.
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
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Revision as of 09:13, 1 July 2018

Personnel Entry

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Name Stephenson Donald Francis
Army number 233296
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations M.B.E. 24/1/1946
Date of birth 1921
Age 0
Unit Posted as Cadet, Cambridge University OCTU. The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 2/5/1942. Posted 11th Bn DLI 8/5/1942. With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944 as Captain and Adjutant. Posted No 48 Reinforcement Holding Unit. Transferred to the South Wales Borderers, Posted 2nd Bn SWB. Unemployed list 1946.
Company/Battery D Company, A Company, Battalion HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Messing Officer. Adjutant with effect from 1/6/1943.
Joined Brigade 8/5/1942.
Promotions W/S Lt 2/11/1942, A/Captain 1/6/1943, T/Captain 1/9/1943, W/S Captain and T/Major 28/3/1946.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Educated Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, (BA 1948, MA 1953) Boxing Blue. Resident of Ascot, Berkshire in 1976. Executive - Shell Oil.
Source table 11DLI