Farrington Christopher Fusilier 4126733

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Name Farrington Christopher
Army number 4126733
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 24
Unit Enlisted in the Cheshire Regiment - dates not yet known. Re-enlisted in, or transferred to, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 28/6/1943 at Tarsoa, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery Y Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED of Dysentery 28/6/1943.
Home address No family information available other than that father lived at 18, Cross Lane, Bledford, Middlewich. Buried initially in grave 181/i At Tarsoa by Reverend Alcock. Re-interred in grave 4.G.12. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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