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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Robson William Brown
|Army number=910836
|Rank=Gunner 
|Decorations=None known so far.
|Date of birth=1918 in Sunderland.  Mother's maiden surname Brown.
|Age=25 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery.  Posted to 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Served B.E.F.?  Converted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Served Malaya.  DIED 25/10/1943 as a PoW.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Gunner.
|Promotions=None known of.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Yes.  Captured Singapore 15/2/1942.  Notification of his PoW status was published in the local Press (Sunderland Echo 3/6/1943 - fifteen months after his capture).
|Died/Killed in action=25/10/1943 whilst a Prisoner of War. Initially interred at Tarsao No. 2 Cemetery in Grave No. 347.  Re-buried 1/3/1946 in Grave 4.C.54. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.  Headstone inscription reads "A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LIFE, SAFE IN GOD'S KEEPING. LOVED & REMEMBERED. KITTY, ALFRED".  Probate granted 21/11/1945 at Durham Registry.
|Home address=Son of Thomas and Mary Anne Robson of Sunderland.  Lived at 63, Laburnum Road, Fulwell, Sunderland.  
}}