249315 4F Spurgatis, Sig L, 3969902, R Sigs
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249318 4G Butcher, L/Bdr Kenneth Charles, 974745, 107 Field Regt (South Notts Hussars), RA. Died 10/4/45. Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery, 10 L 8.
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249324 4F Swan, L/Cpl Edward Trevor, 942803, 124 Field Regt RA. Died in air raid, 14/2/45. Buried Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery, 10 Z 3.
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249346 4G Sawdon, Pte J H, 4465659, DLI
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249350 4DZ Carroll, Pte R L, 4458705, DLI
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249393 4DZ Candler, Pte G R, 4462711, DLI
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249414 4D Creswell, Pte J H, 3712883, KORR
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249475 4DZ Beaney, Pte C E J, 4619695, DLI
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249485 4DZ Evans, Gnr W H, 4464747, RA. Originally enlisted DLI, 7/40.
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249516 4D/Z Hodgson, Dvr C, T/253407, RASC
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249532 4DZ Wilson, L/Cpl R, 4454356, DLI. PG 70, Italy in 1943.
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249533 4B Pringle, Cpl J, 4446754, DLI
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249541 4DZ Hart, Pte J L, 4461324, DLI. Photograph, Sunderland Echo, 15/8/42, p 4: 'Pte J L Hart (22), DLI, 9 Winfred Terrace, previously reported missing, now prisoner of war.'
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249566 4DZ Marley, Pte T, 4455705, DLI
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249578 4DZ Shields, Rfn R J, 7017542, R U Rif. Photograph, Sunderland Echo, 12/3/43, p 4: 'Rfn R J Shields (29) London Irish Rifles, 62 Lawrence Street, previously reported missing now prisoner of war.'
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249584 4DZ Pountley, Pte J H, 3661367, DLI
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249588 4DZ Cooper, Pte F, 4464933, DLI. Held Italy, 1943
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249644 4G Westlake, Pte J C, 5442403, DLI
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249657 4DZ Ferguson, Gnr T W, 4450917, RA at capture.
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249689 4DZ Anthony, Cpl G, 4449941, DLI. PG 65 in 1943.
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249750 4D Flamson, Pte J, 4452009, DLI
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249756 4DZ Breton, Pte J, 2987592, DLI
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249761 4DZ Preece, Pte J W, 3661531, DLI
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249813 4G Pye Trooper R, 7912410, 4 RTR, RAC. Posted missing 20 June 1942.
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249839 4A Maybank, Dvr F E, 130416, RASC. Worked at Erika open cast coal mine
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249850 4F Howell, Pte J, 4037278, DLI
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249856 4D Clack, Pte F G, 5385932, DLI
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249871 4F Thompson, Pte G A, 4269855, DLI. PG 70, Italy in 1943.
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249872 4F Fearon, Pte G R, 4449153, DLI, captured 1942. Awarded MM for actions with 8 DLI in 6/42. See 8 DLI, Lewis and English, p 119 ' by this time some semblance of order had been restored in the bed of the wadi, mainly by RSM Jennings and Pte G R Fearon.......One of the Battalion Bren guns was manned by Pte Fearon, was taking a heavy toll of the enemy. Fearon jumped out of his truck and placed the gun in position as soon as the column was fired on. He then kept the gun in action for over an hour, the whole time under heavy machine gun fire at close range from the enemy who were only
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a hundred or so yards away........' LG 24/9/42:
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http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35715/supplements/4157
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http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7359601
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Later captured and POW in Italy and Germany, German POW No 249872, Stalag 4F in early 1945.
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Photograph, Sunderland Echo, 24/8/42, p 5: 'Private G R Fearon (30), DLI, 10 Woodbine Street....reported missing in the Middle East.'
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Brief news item Sunderland Echo 25/9/42, p 1 'Two Wearsiders get MM.'
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