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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Knight William Douglas
|Army number=4273514
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=25
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 27/8/1943 at Chungkai, 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 hepatitis 27/8/1943.
|Home address=Mother lived at Garden Cottage, Settrington. Buried initially in grave 300N at Chungkai.
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 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
-|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Amoebic hepatitis 27/8/1943.  Buried initially in grave 300N at Chungkai.  Re-interred in grave 5.J.4. in Chungkai War Cemetery - re-burial date not yet known.  No headstone inscription or family detail.  Probate granted 31/7/1946 to Ivy Langthorne (wife of Isaac Langthorne).
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Amoebic hepatitis 27/8/1943.  Buried initially in grave 300N at Chungkai.  Re-interred in Grave 5.J.4. in Chungkai War Cemetery - re-burial date not yet known.  No headstone inscription or family detail.  Probate granted 31/7/1946 to Ivy Langthorne (wife of Isaac Langthorne).
 |Home address=William's mother lived at Garden Cottage, Settrington, Malton, North Yorkshire.
 }}

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 |Army number=4273514
 |Rank=Fusilier
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Date not yet known but thought to be 1918.
-|Age=25
+|Age=25 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 27/8/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, 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 27/8/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
 |Company/Battery=Z 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 Amoebic hepatitis 27/8/1943.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Amoebic hepatitis 27/8/1943.  Buried initially in grave 300N at Chungkai.  Re-interred in grave 5.J.4. in Chungkai War Cemetery - re-burial date not yet known.  No headstone inscription or family detail.  Probate granted 31/7/1946 to Ivy Langthorne (wife of Isaac Langthorne).
-|Home address=No family information available, other than that mother lived at Garden Cottage, Settrington.  Buried initially in grave 300N at Chungkai.  Re-interred in grave 5.J.4. in Chungkai War Cemetery.
+|Home address=William's mother lived at Garden Cottage, Settrington, Malton, North Yorkshire.
 }}