Humpish John Corporal 4264905 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Humpish John
|Army number=4264905
|Rank=Corporal
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=34
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 15/6/1942 at Changi, Singapore, 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 15/6/1962 from a perforated gastric ulcer.
|Home address=Wife lived at 12 Creswell Street, Byker. Details of initial interment not known.
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 |Army number=4264905
 |Rank=Corporal
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Research indicates birth registered Q1 1908, Newcastle upon Tyne.
 |Age=34
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 15/6/1942 at Changi, Singapore, 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 15/6/1942 at Changi, Singapore, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
 |Company/Battery=Y Company.
-|Task or role=
+|Task or role=Not yet known.
-|Promotions=
+|Promotions=Corporal.
-|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 15/6/1962 from a perforated gastric ulcer.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED 15/6/1962 from a perforated gastric ulcer.  Initially interred Grave 3/L/12 Changi Cemetery.  Re-interred 23/4/1946 in Grave 9.C.9. Kranji War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO HIM, O LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM".
-|Home address=Son of William Humpish and Isabella Humpish (nee Crozier).  Husband of Doris Humpish, who lived at 12 Creswell Street, Byker (CWGC show Bellingham, County Durham).  Details of initial interment not known.  Re-interred in grave 9.C.9. Kranji War Cemetery.
+|Home address=Son of William Humpish and Isabella Humpish (nee Crozier).  Lived with his family in Byker in 1911 at the time of the Census.
 }}