Critchley Edward Fusilier 4278386 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Critchley Edward
|Army number=4278386
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=30
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 1/2/1944 at Tampie, 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 1/2/1944 from Malaria.
|Home address=Wife c/o NAAFI Canteen, Kirkbank Hall, Middleton Tyas, North Yorkshire. Buried initially in grave 2 Tampie.
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 |Army number=4278386
 |Rank=Fusilier
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=15/11/1913 in Tynemouth, mother's maiden surname Smith.
-|Age=30
+|Age=30 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  DIED 1/2/1944 at Tampie, 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 1/2/1944 at Tampie, 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 so 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 1/2/1944 from Malaria.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED 1/2/1944 from Malaria.  Buried initially in Grave 2 Tampie Yampi.  Re-interred 11/3/1946 in Grave 6.D.14. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.  No headstone inscription.  Probate granted 10/9/1946 Newcastle upon Tyne.
-|Home address=No family information supplied other than wife was c/o NAAFI Canteen, Kirkbank Hall, Middleton Tyas, North Yorkshire.  Buried initially in grave 2 Tampie.  Re-interred in grave 6.D.14. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
+|Home address=In 1939 he was living at 25, Hodgsons Road, Blyth with his wife and a lodger, and working as a Shipyard Labourer.  At the time of his death his wife, Ellen, was c/o NAAFI Canteen, Kirkbank Hall, Middleton Tyas, North Yorkshire.
 }}