Bedford, Pte Harry 14219167 Died: 10 October 1944. Assisi War Cemetery, Italy II F 9. No CWGC Next of Kin details. Born Yorkshire; enlisted Wakefield B Company (KL). Originally enlisted General Service Corps

Bell, Cpl John 14272525 Died: 8 December 1943 aged 24. Cassino War Cemetery, Italy VII B 22. No CWGC Next of Kin details. Born Co Durham; enlisted Co Durham. Recorded as 9th Btn DLI by CWGC.C Company.Originally enlisted General Service Corps

Bell, Cpl Patrick 3595861 Died: 27 September 1944 aged 36. Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy XVIII F 5. Son of James and Helen Bell; husband of Elizabeth Bell, of Carlisle. Originally enlisted The Border Regiment.

Bell, Pte William 4469440 Died: 27 February-1 March 1943 aged 27 Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Face 29. Son of George and Mary Ann Bell, of Consett, Co Durham. D Company (CB)

Bennell, Pte John Potts 4465568 Died: 27 February 1943 aged 29 Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Face 29. No CWGC Next of Kin details. Born Co Durham; enlisted Co Durham (South Shields) D Company (WJ) Photograph, Shields Gazette 29/6/44.

Bernard, Pte Stanley 4469442 Died: 27 February 1943 aged 29 Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Face 29. No CWGC Next of Kin details. Born Yorkshire; enlisted Yorkshire (Scarborough). C Company (LB, GF) 'Reported missing 27 February--1st March 1943' was written by a family member on reverse of an original portrait photo.

Berridge, Pte Albert Kitchener 14521011 Died 19 October 1944 aged 29 Forli War Cemetery, Italy I B 2 Son of William and Maud Berridge; husband of Irene Elizabeth Berridge, of Meir, Staffordshire Originally enlisted General Service Corps.

Berwick, Pte Cyril 4467050 Died: 17 June 1941 aged 31. Montgomery (St Nicholas) Churchyard Montgomeryshire, North Part. Son of John and Catherine Berwick, of Montgomery. Born Shropshire; enlisted Birmingham.

Best, Pte John 1720771 Died: 11 September 1944 aged 29. Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy XVII K 9. Son of Charles and Alice Best; husband of Ada May Best, of Middlesborough, Yorkshire. In Memoriam, Evening Gazette, Middlesborough 26/9/43. Photograph 10/10/43. B Company (KL) Originally enlisted Royal Artillery, 1940. Transferred DLI, 25/6/44.

Beveridge, Cpl George 4465591 Died: 3 March 1943 aged 31. Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Face 28. Son of John Lausin Beveridge and Sarah Beveridge; husband of Emma Vida Beveridge, of Gateshead, Co Durham. Photograph in Evening Chronicle, Newcastle 21/7/43; 'died of wounds'. B Company (GG, SM, TTr)

Birkbeck, Pte Joseph Wilfred 4445200 Died: 2 March 1943 aged 33. Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Face 29. Son of Mr and Mrs H Birkbeck, of West Hartlepool, Co Durham; husband of Gwendoline Birkbeck, of Bedford. Photograph, Hartlepool Mail, 8/4/43, p 2: 'Posted Missing. Mrs and Mrs J Birkbeck, of 32 Eton Street, West Hartlepool, have received news that their second son, Pte Wilfred Birbeck (34), of the DLI, is posted missing on North Africa.’

Blair, Pte William 14557091 Died: 20 September 1944 aged 22. Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy XVIII C 8. Son of John and Francis Anne Blair, of Wrekenton, Co Durham. In Memoriam, Evening Chronicle, Newcastle 2/11/44. Originally enlisted General Service Corps.

Bland, Cpl Joseph 4465725 Died: 19 September 1943 aged 33. Salerno War Cemetery, Italy VII A 45. Son of Edward and Frances Bland, of Darlington, Co Durham. Possibly B Company (KL).

Booth, Pte Ronald 4469447 Died: 22 April 1943 aged 24. Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Face 29. Son of James Henry and Elizabeth Booth, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co Durham. In Memoriam, Evening Gazette, Middlesborough 17/5/43. Photograph 29/5/43.

Bottomley, Pte Jack 5962069 Died: 31 August 1944 aged 21. Montecchio War Cemetery, Italy IV B 13. Son of Horace and Minnie Bottomley, of Little Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire.

Photograph Bradford Telegraph and Argus 18/9/44. Originally enlisted The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.

Boyes, Pte Thomas Alec 4469448 Died: 13 October 1943 aged 27. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy IV E 17. No CWGC Next of Kin details. Born Yorkshire; enlisted Yorkshire.

Bradford, Pte Arthur 4624526 Died: 11 September 1943 aged 26. Salerno War Cemetery, Italy II B 47. Son of John and Sarah Bradford, of Wolverhampton; husband of Alice Edna Bradford, of Wolverhampton. B Company (TTr). Originally enlisted The Duke of Wellington's Regiment.

Bradley, Cpl James 3973761 Died: 29 October 1943 aged 20. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy VIII B 2. Son of Wilfred and Lily Bradford, of Farnsworth, Lancashire. Originally enlisted The Welch Regiment.

Brett, Pte John 4469131 Died: 17 May 1944 aged 23. Sidon War Cemetery, Lebanon I D 11. Son of Patrick and Margaret Brett, of Blaydon, Co Durham. Photograph Evening Chronicle, Newcastle 30/5/44: 'died of wounds'.

Broadhead, WO Class II (CSM) George John 5948261 Died: 28th February 1943 aged 32. Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Face 28. Son of George Richard and Margaret Broadhead; husband of Dorothy Broadhead, of Muswell Hill, Middlesex. His brother, William Francis, also died on service. D Company CSM (CB, WJ, JL, AES). Originally enlisted The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.

Broom, Pte Charles 4203718 Died: 15 September 1943 aged 27. Salerno War Cemetery, Italy V A 10. Son of William and Alice Broom, of Liverpool. Originally enlisted The Royal Welch Fusiliers.

Brown, Pte James 4622092 Died: 19 September 1943 aged 23. Salerno War Cemetery, Italy IV C 14. Son of Albert and Eliza Brown, of Leeds, Yorkshire

Photograph Yorskshire Evening Post 15/10/43. Originally enlisted The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment.

Brown, Sgt Wilfred 4454524 Died: 16 October 1943 aged 29. Naples War Cemetery, Italy III M 5. Son of William and Annie Eliza Brown, of Spennymoor, Co Durham; husband of Mary Brown, of Spennymoor.

Brownley, Pte Harry 4461689 Died: 14 April 1943. Beja War Cemetery, Tunisia I G 7. No CWGC Next of Kin details. Gateshead and Gateshead. Photograph in Newcastle Evening Chronicle 21/5/43. In Memoriam notice in Evening Chronicle, Newcastle 20/5/43 ‘Mortars DLI....son of John Brownley killed in last war.’ HQ Company. (JR)

Buckley, Pte Albert 4468349 Died: 13 October 1943 aged 20. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy VIII C 18. Son of Henry and Lily Buckley, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co Durham. Photograph, Evening Gazette, Middlesborough 16/11/43.

Burnett, Pte Robert 2383245 Died: 30 April 1945 aged 24. Salerno War Cemetery, Italy V F 36. Son of Robert and Jessie S Burnett, of Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Originally enlisted Royal Corps of Signals.

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