Cope, Cpl Dennis 4698285 Died: 3 December 1943 aged 19. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy I J 9. Son of William and Sarah Jane Cope, of Leeds, Yorkshire Photograph Yorkshire Evening Post 3/11/44. D Company (KL). Originally enlisted The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

Copeland, Cpl Cyril 4465581 Died: 22 April 1943 aged 29. Massicault War Cemetery IV D 10. Son of William and Elizabeth Ellen Copeland; husband of Annie Copeland, of Blackhall Colliery, Co Durham.

Court, Pte George Henry 4699055 Died: 10 October 1943 [age not recorded] Naples War Cemetery, Italy III K 8. Son of George Henry and Isabella Court, of Robin Hood Bay, Yorkshire. D Company (KL). Originally enlisted The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

Critchley, Lt Albert 269949 Died; 23 December 1943 aged 23. Cassino War Cemetery, Italy VII E 20. Son of Arthur and Florence Critchley, of Altrincham, Cheshire; husband of Peggy Critchley, of Altrincham.

Crosby, Pte John 4699781 Died: 22 April 1943 aged 20. Massicault War Cemetery 1I M 7. Son of George Ernest and Margaret Crosby, of York. Originally enlisted The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

Crosby, C/Sgt John 4457728 Died: 21 September 1944 aged 25. Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy XVIII E 11. Son of John and Agnes Crosby; husband of Margaret Lilian Crosby, of Harrow, Middlesex. D Company (WJ). See photograph here:

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Croucher, L/Cpl Harry William James 14654621 Died: 23 November 1944 aged 28. Meldola War Cemetery, Italy I C 25. Son of Harry William and Rose May Croucher; husband of Dorothy Ivy Croucher, of Dagenham, Essex. B Company (KL). Originally enlisted General Service Corps.

Crowther, L/Sgt George 4625177 Died: 3 December 1943 aged 32. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy I J 11. Son of Charles and Alice Crowther, of Leeds; husband of Doreen Crowther, of Leeds. Originally enlisted The Duke of Wellington's Regiment.

Crummack, Pte William 4699622 Died: 13 October 1943 aged 20. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy V C 13. Son of William and Hannah Elisa Crummack, of Leeds, Yorkshire. Photograph Yorkshire Evening Post 10/11/43. D Company (KL). Originally enlisted The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

Cundall, Pte William 4464929 Died: 23 December 1943 aged 30. Cassino War Cemetery, Italy VII E 19. Son of William and Alice Maude Cundall, of Leeds, Yorkshire; husband of Elizabeth Cundall, of Leeds. Photograph Yorkshire Evening Post 15/1/44.

Cusick, L/Cpl Robert 3451575 Died: 23 September 1943 aged 25. Salerno War Cemetery, Italy II B 30. Son of Margaret Cusick, of Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. A Company (AV) or D Company KL) Originally enlisted The Lancashire Fusiliers.

Dabner, Sgt Thomas Cyril Wallace MM 4457133 Died: 12 September 1944 aged 26. Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy XIX J 4. Son of Thomas Wallace and Doris Elizabeth Dabner, of Sunderland, Co Durham. MM for actions with the 11th DLI in France on 21/5/40.

Davenport, Pte Bernard 4035437 Died: 6 December 1943 aged 25. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy IV F 21. Son of Henry Richard and Charlotte Davenport, of Oswestry, Shropshire. Stretcher bearer attached to A Company. Originally enlisted The King's Shropshire Light Infantry.

Davidson, Pte William 14328718 Died: 28 September 1944 aged 20. Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy XVIII F 1. Son of George and Mary Ann Davidson, of Consett, Co Durham. Originally enlisted General Service Corps.

Davies, Pte Eurfryn 3972836 Died: 24 September 1943 aged 32. Salerno War Cemetery, Italy IV D 43. Son of Evan and Susie Davies, of Penclawdd, Glamorgan. Originally enlisted The Welch Regiment.

Davis, Pte Edward Charles 4038692 Died: 3 September 1944 aged 28. Montecchio War Cemetery, Italy IV B 7. No CWGC Next of Kin details. Born SW London; enlisted SW London. Originally enlisted The King's Shropshire Light Infantry.

Dawson, Pte George, 4470214 Died: 26 November 1943 aged 21. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy VII J 21. Son of Hugh and Elizabeth Ellen Dawson, of Clock Face, St Helens, Lancashire.

Day, C/Sgt Charles 4691157 Died: 21 September 1944 aged 23. Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy XVIII A 9. Son of James and Kate Ellen Day, of Sheffield. HQ Company (WJ, KL). Originally enlisted The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

Dickeson, Cpl James Allen 4466720 Died: 20 September 1944 aged 34. Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy XVIII C 10. Son of James Allen Dickeson and Ada Dickeson; husband of Mary Dickeson, of Seaham Harbour, Co Durham.

Dixon, Pte Robert 4465584 Died: 10 October 1943 aged 33. Naples War Cemetery, Italy III D 9. Son of Robert and Constantia Dixon, of Sunderland. D Company (KL). His younger brother David (4460548) was killed in action with 9 DLI in Sicily on 16/7/43. See the news item on this page.

Dodds, Pte Garnett 4466419 Died: 12 June 1943 aged 32. Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery 7 E 6. Son of George and Eliza Jane Dodds; husband of Gladys Mary Dodds, of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. Died accidentally when a box of salvaged grenades exploded. (Death recorded in War Diary). HQ Company (DW) or D Company (WJ).

Dolly, L/Cpl John 2764063 Died: 11 September 1943 aged 21. Salerno War Cemetery, Italy I B 44. Son of John and Margaret Dolly, of Denaby Main, Yorkshire. B Company (TTr). Originally enlisted The Black Watch.

Douglass, Pte James 4468455 Died: 23 November 1944 aged 22. Meldola War Cemetery, Italy I B 25. Son of Jane Ann Douglass, of Sunderland, Co Durham. Photograph in Sunderland Echo 13/12/43.

Duck, Lt Charles William, 189530 Died: 1 March 1943 aged 32. Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery I B 7. Son of Charles and Ann C Duck, of Sunderland, Co Durham; husband of Annabella Duck, of Roker, Sunderland. C Company (GF, WJ, LB, TTu).

Duffy, 2/Lt Herbert 301497 Died: 11 September 1943 aged 26. Salerno War Cemetery, Italy III F 13. Son of James and Margaret Duffy, of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire; husband of Hilda May Duffy, of Ashton-under-Lyne. Previously served as a Sgt in the Battalion, Army Number 3458400. Granted Immediate Emergency Commission 7/8/43. Orginally enlisted the Lancashire Fusiliers.

Durose, Pte Francis Thomas 4467059 Died: 2 February 1945 [age not recorded]. Prague War Cemetery, Czechoslovakia IV D 3. Son of Francis Edwin and Alice Durose; husband of Margaret Leitch Durose, of Dalkeith, Midlothian. Born Birmingham; enlisted Birmingham. Died while POW.

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