Gregson Henry Fusilier 6210596 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Gregson Henry
|Army number=6210596
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=24
|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment - dates not known. Transferred to, or re-enlisted in, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 18/9/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
|Company/Battery=X Company.
|Task or role=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED of tropical ulcers and dysentery 18/9/1943.
|Home address=Aunt - Miss Warburton - lived at 32 Wansbeck Street, Battlefield, Newcastle upon Tyne. Buried initially in grave 466N at Chungkai.
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 |Army number=6210596
 |Rank=Fusilier
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=9/8/1919 according to research.
 |Age=24
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment - dates not known.  Transferred to, or re-enlisted in, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 18/9/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex 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 18/9/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
 |Company/Battery=X 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 of tropical ulcers and dysentery 18/9/1943.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED of tropical ulcers and dysentery 18/9/1943.  Buried initially in Grave 466N at Chungkai.  Re-interred in grave 6.J.10. Chungkai War Cemetery.  No family detail or inscription on his headstone.  Probate granted 15/4/1946 at Wakefield to Olive Chadwick, wife of Kenneth Chadwick.
-|Home address=No family information available other than that Aunt - Miss Warburton - lived at 32 Wansbeck Street, Battlefield, Newcastle upon Tyne.  Buried initially in grave 466N at Chungkai.  Re-interred in grave 6.J.10. Chungkai War Cemetery.
+|Home address=At the time of the 1939 General Register, Henry was living at 4, Newick Road, Hackney, London and working as a Labourer in a Food Mill.  Henry's Aunt - Miss Warburton - lived at 32 Wansbeck Street, Battlefield, Newcastle upon Tyne and that was shown as his home address in CWGC records.
 }}