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|Surname and forenames=Sheils Patrick John
|Army number=7011208
|Rank=Sergeant
|Decorations=None known.
|Date of birth=Not yet known - possibly in Ireland and difficult to trace with such a common name.
|Age=48 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Ulster Rifles - dates not known.  Transferred to, or re-enlisted in, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 19/7/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Kanchanaburi.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Promotions=Sergeant.
|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 19/7/1943 - cause of death unknown.  Interred initially at Tasao No. 2 Cemetery, Grave 16.   Re-interred 1/3/1946 in Grave 4.A.15. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "ON HIS SOUL, SWEET JESUS, HAVE MERCY; MAY HE REST IN PEACE".  Probate granted 24/4/1946 at Newcastle on Tyne to Frances Sheils, Patrick's widow.
|Home address=Son of John and Ellen Sheils.  Married Frances Affleck Q4 1939, Newcastle upon Tyne.  Husband of Frances Sheils of Newcastle upon Tyne.   
}}