Townsley Ambrose Sergeant 4265967
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Personnel Entry
Name Townsley Ambrose
Army number 4265967
Rank Sergeant
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 35
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 26/6/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location unknown.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
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 26/6/1944 - cause of death unknown.
Home address Son of Ambrose and Jean Townsley of Berwick on Tweed. No details of initial interment. Re-interred in grave 8.A.56. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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