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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Crampton Kenneth George
|Army number=4276776
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=29
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 15/12/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
|Company/Battery=Y Company.
|Task or role=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED 15/12/1943 of amoebic dysentry.
|Home address=Wife lived at 2, Pine Street, Fawdon. Buried initially in grave 1038N Chungkai.
}}

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 |Army number=4276776
 |Rank=Fusilier
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=23/5/1914.
-|Age=29
+|Age=29 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  DIED 15/12/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 15/12/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
 |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 when the force was surrendered.
-|Died/Killed in action=DIED 15/12/1943 of Amoebic dysentery.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED 15/12/1943 of Amoebic dysentery.  Buried initially in grave 1038N, Chungkai.  Re-interred in grave 3.L.5. Chungkai War Cemetery.  No headstone inscription.  Probate granted to widow, Mary Louisa Crampton, 4/2/1946, Newcastle upon Tyne.
-|Home address=No family information available other than that wife lived at 2, Pine Street, Fawdon.  Buried initially in grave 1038N, Chungkai.  Re-interred in grave 3.L.5. Chungkai War Cemetery.
+|Home address=Father - Alfred R Crampton, mother - Isabella Crampton.  Worked as a motor driver.  Married Mary L Armstrong Q2 1940, Newcastle upon Tyne.  Lived at Belle Villa, Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne.  Wife lived at 2, Pine Street, Fawdon.
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 |Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
 |Died/Killed in action=DIED 15/12/1943 of Amoebic dysentery.
-|Home address=Wife lived at 2, Pine Street, Fawdon.  Buried initially in grave 1038N, Chungkai.
+|Home address=No family information available other than that wife lived at 2, Pine Street, Fawdon.  Buried initially in grave 1038N, Chungkai.  Re-interred in grave 3.L.5. Chungkai War Cemetery.
 }}