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|Surname and forenames=Farrington Christopher
|Army number=4126733
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Birth registered 1919 at Northwich.  Mother's maiden name Lythall.
|Age=24
|Unit=Enlisted in the Cheshire Regiment - dates not yet known.  Re-enlisted in, or transferred to, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 28/6/1943 at Tarsoa, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
|Company/Battery=Y 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 of Dysentery 28/6/1943.  Buried initially in Grave 181/1 At Tarsoa No. 1 Cemetery by Reverend Alcock.  Re-interred 1/3/1946 in Grave 4.G.12. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.  No family detail or inscription on his headstone.  Probate granted to Sybil Mary Farrington, wife of Ralph Farrington, 28/11/1945 at Chester.
|Home address=Christopher's father lived at 18, Cross Lane, Bledford, Middlewich, Cheshire.  
}}