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|Surname and forenames=Eyton Cecil
|Army number=4275669
|Rank=Lance Corporal
|Decorations=None known.
|Date of birth=Birth registered in Gateshead 1919, mother's maiden surname Ford.
|Age=25
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 25/5/1945 at Wan Yai Station, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
|Company/Battery=X Company.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Promotions=Lance Corporal.
|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 of Beri Beri on a train coming up-country to Tamuray 25/5/1945.  Initially interred in Grave 524 Tarsao No. 2 Cemetery.  Re-interred 1/3/1946 in Grave 4.E.14. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON. AT REST".  Probate granted 18/6/1946 at Newcastle upon Tyne to Cecil's father.
|Home address=Son of John and Alice Eyton of Gateshead.  Mother lived at 13, Langthwaite Road, Gateshead.  
}}