263784 4B Gower, Pte C J, MM, 4448485, DLI, awarded MM for actions in Middle East:
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LG 1/4/41: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35120/supplements/1869
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http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7357516
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263785 4B Bell, Cpl J W, 2042832, DLI
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263786 4B Benson, Cpl E, 4448404, DLI. News item, Hartlepool Mail, 29/5/45, p 2: 'Mrs Vera Benson, of Albert Street, has had news that her husband, Cpl E Victor Benson, DLI, has arrived safely in England after being a prisoner for two years.'
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263793 344 Harper, Cpl J E, 4469747, KOYLI, originally enlisted DLI
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262795, Crosby, Pte R, 4460876, DLI. Photograph, Sunderland Echo 27/11/43, p 4: 'Pte R Crosby (24), DLI, 67 Cooper St.... prisoner of war in Germany.'
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263800 4B Leaper, Sgt G, 4742917, 16th DLI (KL)
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263806 Wright, Cpl J, 4461450, DLI
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263807 4B Price, Cpl J, 6026954, DLI
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263830 4B Brown, L/Cpl J W, 4450470, DLI. Photograph Sunderland Echo, 27/11/43, p 4: 'L/Cpl J W Brown (32), 6 Margaret Street....prisoner of war in Germany'.
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263837 4B Hanlon, Cpl J M, 4451825, DLI
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263853 4B Broomfield, Sgt B, 4449344, DLI (16th? KL)
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263885 Henry, L/Cpl G, 4451152, DLI
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263890 4B Hilton, Sgt R, 4342400, DLI.
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Hartlepool Mail, 11/12/43, p 4: 'Cpl Ralph Hilton (DLI),who was recently reported missing, is now known to be a prisoner of war. He is late of Courtney Street, Hull, but his home is now Surrey, where his wife and son live.'
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The gap between 264000 and 266000 was presumably allocated to other Allied POWs. Further details requested.
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266003 4A Cobb, Gnr H S, 1022915, RA
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266008 4A Plass, Pte A S, 6026509, DLI
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266029 4G Lewis, Pte G, 4537114, Sher F
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266030 4A Lowe, Gnr J, 880207, RA
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266040 4D Donnison, Pte J G, 4470463, KOYLI, originally enlisted DLI, 4/42.
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266055 4G Battye, Pte H H, 4979726, Sher F
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266066 4A Carter, Pte G V, 4465313, DLI.Previously held Italy, 1943.
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266091 4G Coombes, Gnr S, 934025, RA
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266095 4G Foster, Pte W, 4458108, DLI
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266096 4A Cooper, Pte J E, 3658323, Gn How
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266104 4F Hume, Pte G, 13022887, DLI
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266111 4G Haywood, Pte G, 4459029, DLI
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266166 4F Baird, Gnr A, 977253, RA
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266169 4A Eames, Pte J, 4973905, Sher F
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266189 4A Cassidy, Gnr L, 11400990, RA
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266199 4B Hagan, Cpl G, 4455590, DLI
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266201 4G Bennison, Pte J, 4466368, DLI
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266203 4A Bowman, Pte J, 4458142, DLI. Possibly, Photograph, Sunderland Echo, 13/8/42, p 5: 'Pte J Bowman (23), DLI, 5 California Street, Seaham....missing in the Middle East.'
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Sunderland Echo, 14/11/42, p 5: 'Pte J Bowman (23), DLI, 5 California Street, Seaham...previously reported missing, now prisoner of war in Italy.'
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