Carsley George Fusilier 4127738 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Carsley George
|Army number=4127738
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=26
|Unit=Enlisted in the Cheshire Regiment - dates not known. Transferred to, or re-enlisted in, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 12/9/1944 whilst a prisoner in Japanese hands - location not yet known.
|Company/Battery=Not 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=Husband of Alice Carsley of Chorley, Lancashire. No details available of initial interment. Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial.
}}

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 |Rank=Fusilier
 |Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Birth registered in 1918 at Oswestry, Shropshire.  Mother's maiden surname Davies.
 |Age=26 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Cheshire Regiment - dates not known.  Transferred to, or re-enlisted in, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  DIED at sea 12/9/1944 whilst a prisoner in Japanese hands and being transported from Singapore to Japan, when the Rakuyo Maru was torpedoed by an Allied submarine.  Reported MISSING by the Japanese.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Cheshire Regiment - 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 at sea 12/9/1944 whilst a prisoner in Japanese hands and being transported from Singapore to Japan, when the Rakuyo Maru was torpedoed by an Allied submarine.  Reported MISSING by the Japanese.
 |Company/Battery=Z Company.
 |Task or role=Not yet known.
 |Promotions=None 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 - cause of death - drowning.  Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED 12/9/1944 - cause of death - drowning.  Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial as presumably George's remains were unable to be recovered.  Probate granted on 14/3/1946 at Lancaster to Alice Carsley, George's widow.
-|Home address=Husband of Alice Carsley of Chorley, Lancashire.
+|Home address=Son of William Carsley and Blodwen Carsley (nee Davies).  Married Alice Lister Q4, 1939, Chorley, Lancashire.  Husband of Alice Carsley of Chorley, Lancashire.  Son, George, born in 1940 - deceased 2000.
 }}
 To read a detailed IWM article on these convoy sinkings please click [https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-sinking-of-prisoner-of-war-transport-ships-in-the-far-east here].