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|Surname and forenames=Douthwaite Lester
|Army number=4275043
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=None known.
|Date of birth=Born 1919, Wharfedale, mother's maiden name, Smith.
|Age=24
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 8/8/1943 (CWGC records show 7/8/1943) at Tarsoa, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
|Company/Battery=Z Company.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Malaria and Malnutrition 8/8/1943.  Buried initially in Grave 93/2 in Tarsoa No.2 Cemetery.  Re-interred 1/3/1946 in Grave 4.A.62. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "REMEMBERED ALWAYS WITH LOVE SINCERE, ONLY MEMORIES OF ONE SO DEAR".  Probate granted to Wilhelmina Douthwaite, widow, 22/11/1945, Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
|Home address=Son of Lister and Edna Douthwaite of Ilkley, Yorkshire.  Married Q4, 1940, Wilhelmina Jordan, Newcastle upon Tyne.  Husband of Wilhelmina Douthwaite who lived at 40, Brewery Road, Ilkley.  
}}