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Name Kerridge William Rowntree
Army number 4265226.
Rank Sergeant.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Captured as a Prisoner of War 27/5/1940. Registered missing 15/7/1940. Confirmed as PoW 19/8/1940. Released 8/6/1945. Repatriated to the UK.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade Not yet confirmed.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Held in Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf. PoW Number 3040.
Died/Killed in action Not yet known.
Home address (To include family and marital details where possible).
Source table

We are grateful to Sgt Kerridge's granddaughter for making us aware that he had served in the Battalion.

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 |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers December 1927.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Captured as a Prisoner of War 27/5/1940 at Acques, France.  Registered missing 15/7/1940.  Confirmed as PoW 19/8/1940.  Released 8/6/1945.  Repatriated to the UK.  Completed Security Questionnaire.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
-|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet known.
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
 |Task or role=Not yet known.
 |Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.

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 |Rank=Sergeant.
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Date of birth=29/2/1908 in Newcastle upon Tyne..
+|Date of birth=29/2/1908 in Tynemouth, Newcastle upon Tyne.
 |Age=62 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Captured as a Prisoner of War 27/5/1940.  Registered missing 15/7/1940.  Confirmed as PoW 19/8/1940.  Released 8/6/1945.  Repatriated to the UK.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers December 1927.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Captured as a Prisoner of War 27/5/1940 at Acques, France.  Registered missing 15/7/1940.  Confirmed as PoW 19/8/1940.  Released 8/6/1945.  Repatriated to the UK.  Completed Security Questionnaire.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet known.
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 |Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.
 |Promotions=None known beyond Sergeant.
-|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
+|Wounded=Not as far as is known.  Suffered from Lumbago.
-|Prisoner of War=Yes - Held in Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf.  PoW Number 3040.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - Held in Schubin (Poland) June 1940 - February 1941, Schildberg, Poland February - March 1941, Gratz, Poland March - December 1941, Posen, Poland December 1941 - August 1944, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf August 1944 - February 1945, Hohenfels, Bavaria March - April 1945.  PoW Number 3040.  Sgt Kerridge was also at a series of working camps - Summerlanger, Poland July 1940 - February 1941, Kosten, Poland March 1941 - August 1944, Posen, Poland August 1944.
-|Died/Killed in action=Died April 1970, Brighton, Sussex.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died April 1970, Brighton, Sussex aged 62.  Probate issued at Brighton 22/7/1970 to 24, Shanklin Road, Brighton, in the sum of £2613.
-|Home address=Married Gloria Cloris Scott in Kingston 8/11/1933.
+|Home address=Father - Harry Wenden Kerridge, mother - Ethel August Rowntree.  Listed in 1911 Census as a Male patient in Islington Hospital aged 3. Married Gloria Cloris Scott (1910 - 1993) in Kingston, Jamaica 8/11/1933.  In 1940 lived at 5, Silver Street, Bampton, Devon.
 |Image Name=Nanandgrandad.jpg
 |Image Title=Fusilier and Mrs Kerridge in Cairo in 1935.

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 |Home address=Married Gloria Cloris Scott in Kingston 8/11/1933.
 |Image Name=Nanandgrandad.jpg
-|Image Title=Sergeant and Mrs Kerridge in Cairo in 1935.
+|Image Title=Fusilier and Mrs Kerridge in Cairo in 1935.
 }}
 We are grateful to Sgt Kerridge's granddaughter for making us aware that he had served in the Battalion and for providing family information.

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 |Rank=Sergeant.
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=29/2/1908 in Newcastle upon Tyne..
-|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
+|Age=62 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Captured as a Prisoner of War 27/5/1940.  Registered missing 15/7/1940.  Confirmed as PoW 19/8/1940.  Released 8/6/1945.  Repatriated to the UK.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
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 |Task or role=Not yet known.
 |Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.
-|Promotions=None known.
+|Promotions=None known beyond Sergeant.
 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - Held in Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf.  PoW Number 3040.
-|Died/Killed in action=Not yet known.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died April 1970, Brighton, Sussex.
-|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).
+|Home address=Married Gloria Cloris Scott in Kingston 8/11/1933.
 }}
-We are grateful to Sgt Kerridge's granddaughter for making us aware that he had served in the Battalion.
+We are grateful to Sgt Kerridge's granddaughter for making us aware that he had served in the Battalion and for providing family information.

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-|Name Kerridge William Rowntree
+|Surname and forenames=Kerridge William Rowntree
-|Army number 4265226.
+|Army number=4265226.
-|Rank Sergeant.
+|Rank=Sergeant.
-|Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Date of birth Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Not yet known.
-|Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
+|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
-|Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Captured as a Prisoner of War 27/5/1940. Registered missing 15/7/1940. Confirmed as PoW 19/8/1940. Released 8/6/1945. Repatriated to the UK.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Captured as a Prisoner of War 27/5/1940.  Registered missing 15/7/1940.  Confirmed as PoW 19/8/1940.  Released 8/6/1945.  Repatriated to the UK.
-|Company/Battery Not yet known.
+|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
-|Platoon or other sub-unit
+|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet known.
-|Task or role Not yet known.
+|Task or role=Not yet known.
-|Joined Brigade Not yet confirmed.
+|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.
-|Promotions None known.
+|Promotions=None known.
-|Wounded Not as far as is known.
+|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
-|Prisoner of War Yes - Held in Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf. PoW Number 3040.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - Held in Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf.  PoW Number 3040.
-|Died/Killed in action Not yet known.
+|Died/Killed in action=Not yet known.
-|Home address (To include family and marital details where possible).
+|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).
-|Source table
 }}
 We are grateful to Sgt Kerridge's granddaughter for making us aware that he had served in the Battalion.