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|Surname and forenames=Crowther Thomas
|Army number=4276896
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=None known.
|Date of birth=1/1/1910, birth registered Newcastle upon Tyne Q1 1910. No indication of mother's maiden surname, but see below.
|Age=34
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 6/12/1944 at River Valley Road, Singapore whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
|Company/Battery=X Company.
|Task or role=Notyet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|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 6/12/1944 as a result of a haemorrhage resulting from a motor accident.  Buried 7/12/1944, initially in Grave 2 Wing Leon PoW Cemetery, Changi.  Re-interred 4/5/1946 in Grave 16.D.4. Kranji War Cemetery.  No family details or inscription on headstone.  Probate granted Newcastle upon Tyne 17/5/1946 to Daniel O'Connell.
|Home address=Father Joseph Crowther, mother Jane (nee Miller).  Worked as a Cartman leading minerals.  Married Theresa O'Connell Q2, 1/4/1929, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.  Thomas' wife lived at 50 Ramdale Road, Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne.  
}}