Douglas Wilfred Fusilier 4273547 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Douglas Wilfred
|Army number=4273547
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=22
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 11/8/1943 at Sunkrae on the Siam border 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 11/8/1943 of dysentry.
|Home address=No family information as yet. Buried initially in grave 5, block A, row 3, No.2 Cemetery - Sunkrae.
}}

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 |Rank=Fusilier
 |Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Born Alnwick, Northumberland, 1921.  Mother's maiden name Gair.
 |Age=22
 |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 11/8/1943 at Sunkrae on the Siam border whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
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 |Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
 |Died/Killed in action=DIED 11/8/1943 of Dysentery.  Buried initially in Grave 5, block A, row 3, No.2 Cemetery - Sunkrae.  Re-interred December 1945 in Grave B3.E.8. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "PEACEFULLY SLEEPING FAR FROM HOME; IN GOD'S OWN TIME WE WILL MEET AGAIN".
-|Home address=Son of Ormund and Isabella Douglas of Amble, Northumberland.
+|Home address=Son of Ormund and Isabella Douglas of Amble, Northumberland.  Mother lived at 3, Broomhill Street, Amble and was there with Wilfred's siblings at the time of the 1939 General Register, though Wilfred himself was not apparently present at that date.
 }}

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 |Army number=4273547
 |Rank=Fusilier
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known.
 |Date of birth=Date not yet known.
 |Age=22
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 11/8/1943 at Sunkrae on the Siam border 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 11/8/1943 at Sunkrae on the Siam border 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 11/8/1943 of Dysentery.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED 11/8/1943 of Dysentery.  Buried initially in Grave 5, block A, row 3, No.2 Cemetery - Sunkrae.  Re-interred December 1945 in Grave B3.E.8. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "PEACEFULLY SLEEPING FAR FROM HOME; IN GOD'S OWN TIME WE WILL MEET AGAIN".
-|Home address=Son of Ormund and Isabella Douglas of Amble, Northumberland.  Buried initially in grave 5, block A, row 3, No.2 Cemetery - Sunkrae.  Re-interred in grave B3.E.8. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.
+|Home address=Son of Ormund and Isabella Douglas of Amble, Northumberland.
 }}