Difference between revisions of "Crampton Kenneth George Fusilier 4276776"

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|Army number=4276776
 
|Army number=4276776
 
|Rank=Fusilier
 
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
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|Decorations=None known.
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
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|Date of birth=23/5/1914.
|Age=29
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|Age=29 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  DIED 15/12/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
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|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 15/12/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
 
|Company/Battery=Y Company.
 
|Company/Battery=Y Company.
|Task or role=
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|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Promotions=
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|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=
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|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
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|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED 15/12/1943 of Amoebic dysentery.
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|Died/Killed in action=DIED 15/12/1943 of Amoebic dysentery.  Buried initially in grave 1038N, Chungkai.  Re-interred in grave 3.L.5. Chungkai War Cemetery. No headstone inscription.  Probate granted to widow, Mary Louisa Crampton, 4/2/1946, Newcastle upon Tyne.
|Home address=No family information available other than that wife lived at 2, Pine Street, Fawdon.  Buried initially in grave 1038N, Chungkai.  Re-interred in grave 3.L.5. Chungkai War Cemetery.
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|Home address=Father - Alfred R Crampton, mother - Isabella Crampton.  Worked as a motor driver.  Married Mary L Armstrong Q2 1940, Newcastle upon Tyne.  Lived at Belle Villa, Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne.  Wife lived at 2, Pine Street, Fawdon. 
 
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Name Crampton Kenneth George
Army number 4276776
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None known.
Date of birth 23/5/1914.
Age 29 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED 15/12/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery Y Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
Died/Killed in action DIED 15/12/1943 of Amoebic dysentery. Buried initially in grave 1038N, Chungkai. Re-interred in grave 3.L.5. Chungkai War Cemetery. No headstone inscription. Probate granted to widow, Mary Louisa Crampton, 4/2/1946, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Home address Father - Alfred R Crampton, mother - Isabella Crampton. Worked as a motor driver. Married Mary L Armstrong Q2 1940, Newcastle upon Tyne. Lived at Belle Villa, Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne. Wife lived at 2, Pine Street, Fawdon.
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