Robson Albert Roy Russell Lance Corporal 4276224
Personnel Entry
Name Robson Albert Roy Russell
Army number 4276224
Rank Lance Corporal
Decorations None as far as is known.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 24 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 9/11/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Chunkai, Siam.
Company/Battery Y Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions L/Cpl.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 9/11/1943 - cause of death Dysentery and Beri Beri.
Home address Son of Mary L Hanson of Frosterley, County Durham. Mother lived at 5, Front Street, Frosterley, County Durham. Interred in Grave 870N Chunkai. Re-interred in grave 6.G.2. Chungkai War Cemetery.
Source table
Lance Corporal Robson is commemorated on the village War Memorial in Frosterley. This can be seen on the North East War Memorials Website www.newmp.org.uk Reference F41.02.
