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Those known to have served with 10th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Alcroft Frederick. Cpl. (d.16th October 1944)
- Bell Joseph Russell. Pte. (d.24th Jul 1943)
- Bell Norman. Pte. (d.18th August 1944)
- Carr Frederick George. Pte
- Edwards Arnold. Pte. (d.19th August 1944)
- Johnson George. L/Cpl. (d.15th September 1940)
- Lawn Arthur William Lamason. Capt. (d.11th Jul 1942 Â )
- Lindsay George. Pte.
- McGurty John Henry. Pte. (d.11th Jul 1944)
- O'Hara John James. Pte.
- Ogilvie John. Cpl
- Pennington Robert. Pte. (d.28th June 1944)
- Walton Noble. Sgt.
- White Michael. Pte. (d.20th October 1940)
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Cpl. Frederick Alcroft 10th battalion Durham Light Infantry (d.16th October 1944) I never knew my uncle Freddie Alcroft, only that my father, his brother, and the rest of the family took his death very badly.
We have only just come across some old pictures of him. And had a historic pic from his daughter Morag of Freddie on the deck of a trawler on his rescue from Dunkirk, sadly now lost. We believe he is at rest in the Commonwealth Cemetery Assisi, Umbria, Italy
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Pte. Robert Pennington 10th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.28th June 1944) Robert Pennington was the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Pennington of Liverpool and husband of Gladys Pennington also of Liverpool.
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L/Cpl. George Johnson 10th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.15th September 1940) George Johnson was my Uncle George on my father's side. He is buried in
Reykjavik (Fossvogur) Cemetery, Iceland.
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Pte. Arnold Edwards 10th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.19th August 1944) Arnold Edwards was in the 10th Battalion of the DLI and he died in 1944 in France and is buried in the Bayeux War Cemetery.
He was the husband of Emily Edwards of Halebarns, Altrincham, Cheshire.
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Pte. Norman Bell 10th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.18th August 1944) Norman Bell served with 10th Durham Light Infantry.
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Pte. George Lindsay 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry George Lindsay entered a Stalag prior to January 1941. He escaped after 10 days. Holed up with a family in France, was taken into Vichy France. He made his way to Spain and kept in camps there. Eventually returned to Britain via Gibralter. He rejoined the army.
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Cpl John Ogilvie 10th Btn. Durham Light Infantry  John Ogilvie landed in Normandy on 12th of June 1944 after over 2 years training in England in Wales. Previously he served with 11th DLI in Iceland.
Jackie fought in the battles for Tilly-Sur-Seulles, Fontenay Le Pesnel and Rauray before the 10th moved east of Caen to occupy a chateau and set up camp. It was here, under daily intense fire, that dysentery hit and many soldiers were laid up with it, including Pvt Ogilvie. He was hospitalised and convalesced in the home of a French family. He was given daily doses of Champagne to replace his fluids and dielectric. (He was happy I guess). It was during this time that the 10th got a pasting and ended up being disbanded. John was transferred to the 130th Infantry Brigade and was wounded in action during house to house fighting in the village of Millingen as part of the crossing of the Rhine. He returned to the battlefront within a few weeks and served with the 9th DLI in Berlin until he was demobbed. He survived the war only to die of cancer in 1966. RIP.
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Pte. John James "Irish" O'Hara 30th Btn. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers My father, John O'Hara, joined the 6th DLI in 1939 was transferred to 10th DLI. After Dunkirk he went to Iceland. After returning to the UK he was eventually transferred to the 30th Btn. RNF. He was in North Africa in 1943 then onto Italy then eventually to Malta where he stayed until the end of the war.
When in Italy he told me he was running ammo up to the casino and would spend a lot of time seeing the sights with the Yanks. In Malta his truck, which we have the photo of, had Donald duck painted on the doors. He left Malta in 1946 and returned to the UK.
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Pte Frederick George Carr 10th Btn. Durham Light Infantry My father, Frederick Carr, served with the 10th Battalion D.L.I. He was captured in 1940 and spent the rest of the war as a prisoner Frederick George Carr Jnr
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Pte. Michael White 10th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.20th October 1940) Private White was the son of Michael and Margaret Ann White; husband of Lilian White, of Leasingthorne, Co. Durham.
He was 24 when he died and is buried in Grave 1 in the Blonduos Cemetery in Iceland.
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