Brownbridge Harry George Fusilier 4278538 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 08:41, 15 July 2018

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	\|Rank=Fusilier		\|Rank=Fusilier
	\|Decorations=None known.		\|Decorations=None known.
	\|Date of birth=~~Date not yet known~~.		\|Date of birth=8/12/1911. Birth registered Q1 1912, Auckland District, County Durham. Mother's maiden surname Clayden.
	\|Age=32 at the time of his death.		\|Age=32 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED at sea 12/9/1944, having embarked from Singapore, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese and being transported to Japan on the Rakuyo Maru, which was sunk by an Allied submarine. Reported MISSING by the Japanese.		\|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED at sea 12/9/1944, having embarked from Singapore, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese and being transported to Japan on the Rakuyo Maru, which was sunk by an Allied submarine. Reported MISSING by the Japanese.
	\|Company/Battery=Y Company.		\|Company/Battery=Y Company.
	\|Task or role=Not yet known.		\|Task or role=Not yet known.
	\|Promotions=None known.		\|Promotions=None known.
	\|Wounded=Not as far as is known.		\|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
	\|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.		\|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
	\|Died/Killed in action=DIED 12/9/1944 - drowned at sea. Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial.		\|Died/Killed in action=DIED 12/9/1944 - drowned at sea. Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial as presumably Harry's remains were unable to be recovered.
	\|Home address=Son of John and Jane Brownbridge. Husband of Mary Brownbridge of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland.		\|Home address=Son of John and Jane Brownbridge (1870 - 1922). Husband of Mary Brownbridge (nee Ellwood) of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. At the time of the 1939 General Register Harry was working at a precast concrete factory as a Lorry Driver and Mechanic and living with his wife at 6, Seaton Avenue, Newbiggin-by-the-sea.
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	Fusilier Brownbridge was not included on the Battalion Part II Orders of September 1945, listing the casualties in custody, but details of his death became available later. To read an IWM article on these sinkings please click [https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-sinking-of-prisoner-of-war-transport-ships-in-the-far-east here].		Fusilier Brownbridge was not included on the Battalion Part II Orders of September 1945, listing the casualties in custody, but details of his death became available later. To read an IWM article on these sinkings please click [https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-sinking-of-prisoner-of-war-transport-ships-in-the-far-east here].

70bgadmin at 15:57, 6 June 2018

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	\|Army number=4278538		\|Army number=4278538
	\|Rank=Fusilier		\|Rank=Fusilier
	\|Decorations=		\|Decorations=None known.
	\|Date of birth=Date not yet known.		\|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
	\|Age=32		\|Age=32 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 12/9/1944, ~~possibly in~~ Singapore, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.		\|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED at sea 12/9/1944, having embarked from Singapore, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese and being transported to Japan on the Rakuyo Maru, which was sunk by an Allied submarine. Reported MISSING by the Japanese.
	\|Company/Battery=~~Not yet known~~.		\|Company/Battery=Y Company.
	\|Task or role=		\|Task or role=Not yet known.
	\|Promotions=		\|Promotions=None known.
	\|Wounded=		\|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
	\|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.		\|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
	\|Died/Killed in action=DIED 12/9/1944 - ~~cause~~ of ~~death not known~~.		\|Died/Killed in action=DIED 12/9/1944 - drowned at sea. Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial.
	\|Home address=Son of John and Jane Brownbridge. Husband of Mary Brownbridge of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. ~~Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial.~~		\|Home address=Son of John and Jane Brownbridge. Husband of Mary Brownbridge of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland.
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	Fusilier Brownbridge ~~does~~ not ~~appear to be~~ included on the Battalion Part II Orders of September 1945, listing the casualties in custody.		Fusilier Brownbridge was not included on the Battalion Part II Orders of September 1945, listing the casualties in custody, but details of his death became available later. To read an IWM article on these sinkings please click [https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-sinking-of-prisoner-of-war-transport-ships-in-the-far-east here].

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Brownbridge Harry George
|Army number=4278538
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=32
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 12/9/1944, possibly in Singapore, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Task or role=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED 12/9/1944 - cause of death not known.
|Home address=Son of John and Jane Brownbridge. Husband of Mary Brownbridge of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial.
}}

Fusilier Brownbridge does not appear to be included on the Battalion Part II Orders of September 1945, listing the casualties in custody.