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Those known to have served with 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Barker John James. Pte.
- Barker John James. Pte.
- Barker John James. Pte
- Baxter Cyril Gordon. Pte. (d.12th Aug 1944)
- Billett Derek Patrick. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Brown Arthur William. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Casson Joseph A.. Pte. (d.27th Jun 1944)
- Coldicott Charles Alfred. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Conlon James. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Cox James. Pte.
- Davidson John. Pte. (d.3rd Sep 1944)
- Evans Peter. Cpl. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Garner John. Pte.
- Godwin Harry. Sgt.
- Greener Robert Cook. L/Cpl.
- Gwilliam William Henry James. Sgt. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Henderson William. Pte. (d.24th May 1940)
- Horton Arthur Samuel. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Illingsworth Stanley. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Kitchen Albert. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Knox William. L/Cpl. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Lewis William Hugh. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Lynch Jack. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Mahan John Robert. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Massie William. Lt.
- Medhurst William Thomas. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Melhuish William Henry. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Mortimer Arthur Henry. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Murray MID. Arthur Farquhar. Mjr.
- Murray John Porter. Pte.
- Nicholls James Henry Fredrick. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Quigley Edward. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Ratcliffe James. Pte.
- Roff William Ernest. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Rolfe Alfred Cyril. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Simpson MM. Charles Beresford. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Smith George William. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Stanness John. Pte.
- Swann Charles Henry. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Tedford Thomas. L/Cpl. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Tranter John Thomas. Cpl. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Tucker Albert Adolphus. Pte. (d.5th Oct 1944)
- Turner Lewis Albert. Cpl. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Vernon Joseph Sands. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Watson George. L/Cpl. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Williams John Llewellyn. Lt.
- Woods DSO, MC & Bar. Humphrey Reginald. Lt.Col.
- Wrighton Thomas James William. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1944)
- Young MM. Joseph William. Sgt. (d.14th Jun 1944)
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Pte John James Barker 9th Btn. Durham light Infantry Jack Barker served with 9th Battalion, DLI and went missing in France in 1940.
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Sgt. Harry Godwin B Coy. 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry I have my Uncle Harry Godwin's 1945 diary where he tracks his passage through to Berlin.
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Lt. William Massie 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry From the General Questionnaire for British Ex-Prisoners of War the
main camps in which William Massie was imprisoned were,
PG 78 Sept 1942 - July 1943,
PG 19 July 1943 - Sept 1943,
Oflag VA Oct 1943 - Jan 1944,
Oflag V111F Jan 1944 - May 1944 and
Oflag 79 May 1944 - April 1945.
On 7th of January 1944, he escaped from a train in Silesia in company of Lt D W March of the Essex Regiment.
Both were recaptured during morning of 9th on a goods train in Waldenburg.
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Pte. John James Barker 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry From a newspaper clipping: Felling Man Missing.
Mrs. A. Barker, of Splitcrow Cottages, Felling has been advised by the War Moe that her husband. John James Barker, D.L.I. is missing in France. Mr. Barker, who was in the Territorial Army before the outbreak of war was drafted to France with the B.E.F. last September.
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Pte. Joseph A. Casson 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.27th Jun 1944)   Joseph Casson was born 14th July 1925 at Whitehaven, on the west coast of what was then Cumberland, on the edge of the English Lake District. Joseph was deemed to have been a man enlisted in the Territorial Army for the duration of the Emergency under the provisions of the National Services Acts 1939 to 1941, and formally enlisted on the 18th November 1943 for training. He was initially assigned to the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on the 30th December 1943, eventually being transferred to the 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry on the 28th March 1944.
Records show that the 9th Battalion moved to Nightingale Wood Camp, near Southampton, on the 2nd June 1944 prior to embarking landing craft on the 5th June 1944, sailing down the Solent at 8:00pm and reaching open water at 8:30pm as part of the 50th Division. On D-Day, 6th June 1944 the 50th Division was designated to land on Gold Beach, in company with the 8th Armoured Brigade. The 151st Brigade, which included the 9th Battalion DLI, was part of the second wave, to land after the beach was secure and push inland. The Brigade was to move southwest from Gold Beach toward Route Nationale 13. The 151st Brigade came ashore as planned and got to the outskirts of Bayeux. During the following week, the Brigade advanced past Bayeux and on the 14th June 1944, the Brigade fought in Operation Perch against the Panzer Lehr Division. The Brigade made the initial assault on the villages of Lingvres and Les Verrires, which were captured by the 9th Battalion DLI. Later that day, the 151st Brigade and the 231st Brigade were cut off south of the villages, formed a brigade box, and repulsed heavy German counterattacks before withdrawing. The 9th Battalion DLI went on to enter Tilly-sur-Seulles on 20th June 1944. Private Joseph Casson is recorded as being wounded on the 21st June 1944. The 9th Battalion then went on to advance towards Juvigny on the 26th June 1944. Sadly, Joseph died from his wounds on the 27th June 1944. He was 18 years old. It is not clear if he died on the battlefield or at No.3 Casualty Clearing Station, near Jerusalem, as this is where he was initially buried. (Grid ref. Latitude: 49.21272 Longitude: -0.66129). Joseph's body was taken to Ryes Cemetery for final burial on 13th of November 1944, to rest at the side of his older brother, Marine Robert Casson, EX 3236, who was killed in action on D-Day.
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Pte. John Porter Murray 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry We knew John Murray went missing in Sicily in 1943.
From the Red Cross in Geneva we learned he was captured on 17th of July 1943 and that he arrived in Stalag VIII B, coming from P.G. No 66 Italy via Stalag VII A according to a list dated 11th of November 1943 and a capture card dated 26th of Oct 1943.
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Pte. John Garner 9th Btn., 1 Platoon, A Company Durham Light Infantry John Garner was my uncle and a Yorkshire man. He served for most of his short army career with the 9th Durham Light Infantry during WW2.
He contracted TB towards the end of the war.
With the reduction of the army at the end of hostilities John Garner was transferred to the Northamptonshire Regiment whilst still a patient in Ilkley Sanatorium, Yorkshire. There he died of consumption on the 18th Nov 1947 at the age of 22.
His name is inscribed on Conisbrough Cenotaph.
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Mjr. Arthur Farquhar Murray MID. 149th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Arthur Murray was posted to India prior to WW2 as a medical officer, in Wana Wardistan. He left India 1941 to join 9th DLI. He was captured in North Africa and served the rest of the war in Stalag 4.
He joined Airborne after war and served with his brother, also an airborne doctor, in Palestine. He died in Australia 1970
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Pte. Joseph Sands Vernon 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.14th Jun 1944) Joseph Vernon, 9th DLI
was killed in action on 14th of June 1944. Aged 23 he was the
son of James and Evelyn Vernon, Houghton-Le-Spring, Co. Durham
and is buried in the Bayeux War Cemetery
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Pte. Thomas James William Wrighton 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.14th Jun 1944) Thomas Wrighton, 9th DLI was killed in Normandy on the 14th of June 1944.
Son of Thomas and Louisa Wrighton, husband of Vera Regina Wrighton, Thomas was aged 33 and is buried in the Bayeux War Cemetery.
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