View source for Cree Norman Alexander Fusilier 4279309

{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Cree Norman Alexander
|Army number=4279309
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=None known.
|Date of birth=Birth registered Q2 1919, Chester-le-Street.  Mother's maiden name Hewitson.
|Age=24 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 12/1/1944 at the 114 Kilometre Camp in Burma whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
|Company/Battery=W Company.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED 12/1/1944.  Cause of death - Heart failure and Malaria.   No details known of initial interment.  Re-interred in Grave B3.R.15 Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.  Probate granted 11/2/1946 to widow, Newcastle upon Tyne.
|Home address=Son of James Vicker Cree and Sarah Elizabeth Cree (nee Hewitson) of Chester-le-Street, County Durham.  Husband of Mary Helena Cree of Chester-le-Street.  Married Mary H Malloy (1920 - 2001) Q4 1941, Durham Northern District.  Lived at 8, The Gardens, Council Houses, Chester le Street. 
}}

Norman's younger brother Sidney 4456122 was killed in action with 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry in Belgium on 10th September 1944.  His commemorative record can be found [https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2806478/cree,-sydney/ here].  Sydney had previously served with 11th DLI in the 70th Infantry Brigade and his Memorial Page can be found [http://70brigade.newmp.org.uk/wiki/Cree_Sidney_Pte_4456122 here].