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Were many DLI soldiers taken prisoner during the Second World War?

April 26, 2017DLI Prisoner soldiers War world

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Were many DLI soldiers taken prisoner during the Second World War?

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Thousands of Durhams were taken prisoner during the Second World War. Many were captured in 1940 before Dunkirk and spent five years in prison camps. Others were captured in battles in North Africa at Mersa Matruh and Mareth; whilst the 1st Battalion DLI was almost wiped out on the island of Cos in the eastern Mediterranean in 1943. However no DLI soldiers were captured in India or Burma and suffered imprisonment in Japanese prisoner of war camps.