Fawcett Richard Corporal 4444571
Personnel Entry
Name Fawcett Richard
Army number 4444571
Rank Corporal
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Born in Langley Park, County Durham in 1904. Birth registered 1904, Lanchester Registration District.
Age 40 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry. Transferred to, or re-enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED 4/12/1944 (according to CWGC) - at Haito, Formosa.
Company/Battery Y Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions Corporal.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
Died/Killed in action DIED 4/12/1944 - cause of death not yet known. Buried in Rinrakutomon Cemetery (Grave reference 3-7-1), Formosa. Re-interred 8/7/1947 in Grave V.N.10. Sai Wan Cemetery, Hong Kong. Headstone inscription reads:- "TREASURED MEMORIES OF MY DEAR HUSBAND. DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORIES CLING". Probate granted 31/10/1945 at Durham Registry to Hannah Fawcett, Richard's widow.
Home address Son of William and Hannah Fawcett. At the time of the 1911 Census Richard lived with his parents at Gray Yard, West Rainton, Fence Houses, County Durham. Research suggests Richard married Hannah Bewley at Chester-le-Street in Q4, 1934. Husband of Hannah Fawcett of Middlesbrough. They had lived at 2 Joblings Yard, Great Lumley. Wife subsequently lived at 8, Wear Crescent, Great Lumley, Durham.
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