Eagleton Gerard Lance Corporal 4127820 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Eagleton Gerard
|Army number=4127820
|Rank=Lance Corporal
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=24
|Unit=Enlisted in the Cheshire Regiment - dates not known. Re-enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 10/2/1944 at Tarsoa, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
|Company/Battery=Z Company.
|Task or role=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Amoebic dysentry and debility 10/2/1944.
|Home address=Father lived at 28, Rockley Street, Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire. Buried initially in grave 596/2 at Tarsoa.
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 |Army number=4127820
 |Rank=Lance Corporal
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Birth registered 1919, in Salford, mother's maiden surname Savage.
 |Age=24
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Cheshire Regiment - dates not known.  Re-enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  DIED 10/2/1944 at Tarsoa, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Cheshire Regiment - dates not known.  Re-enlisted in, or transferred to, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - dates not known.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 10/2/1944 at Tarsoa, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
 |Company/Battery=Z Company.
-|Task or role=
+|Task or role=Not yet known.
-|Promotions=
+|Promotions=Lance Corporal.
-|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 of Amoebic dysentery and debility 10/2/1944.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Amoebic dysentery and debility 10/2/1944.  Buried initially in Grave 596/2 at Tarsoa.  Re-interred 1/3/1946 in Grave 4.E.40 in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.  Probate granted to William Eagleton 31/1/1946, Manchester office.
-|Home address=No family details available other than that father lived at 28, Rockley Street, Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire.  Buried initially in grave 596/2 at Tarsoa.  Re-interred in grave 4.E.40 in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
+|Home address=Father - William Eagleton, mother Catherine Cate Eagleton (nee Savage).  Gerard and his father lived at 28, Rockley Street, Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire.
 }}

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 |Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
 |Died/Killed in action=DIED of Amoebic dysentery and debility 10/2/1944.
-|Home address=Father lived at 28, Rockley Street, Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire.  Buried initially in grave 596/2 at Tarsoa.
+|Home address=No family details available other than that father lived at 28, Rockley Street, Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire.  Buried initially in grave 596/2 at Tarsoa.  Re-interred in grave 4.E.40 in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
 }}