Long John Robert Fusilier 4275862 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 13:55, 2 July 2018

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	\|Army number=4275862		\|Army number=4275862
	\|Rank=Fusilier		\|Rank=Fusilier
	\|Decorations=		\|Decorations=None known.
	\|Date of birth=~~Date not yet known~~.		\|Date of birth=10/4/1917 - registered in 1917. Mother's maiden surname McDonald.
	\|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 19/11/1942 at Wampo, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - discharged as unfit*. Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED 19/11/1942 at Wampo, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
	\|Company/Battery=Y Company.		\|Company/Battery=Y 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 from Dysentery 19/11/1942.		\|Died/Killed in action=DIED from Dysentery 19/11/1942. Buried initially in Grave 4, Wampo. Re-interred 17/19 March 1946 in Grave 8.K.6. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads:- "DEATH DIVIDES US BUT MEMORIES CLING". Probate granted 18/6/1945 to Daniel Long.
	\|Home address=Son of Robert Albert Long and of Jane Long of South Shields, County Durham. Mother lived at 18, Back Havelock Street, South Shields. ~~Buried initially in grave 4, Wampo. Re-interred in grave 8.K.6. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.~~		\|Home address=Son of Robert Albert Long and of Jane Long of South Shields, County Durham. Mother lived at 18, Back Havelock Street, South Shields.
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			*John's alleged membership of the DLI needs to be investigated. This was drawn from an entry in the 1939 General Register, taken at the end of September 1939.

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	\|Date of birth=Date not yet known.		\|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
	\|Age=25		\|Age=25
	\|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 19/11/1942 at Wampo, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.		\|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 19/11/1942 at Wampo, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
	\|Company/Battery=Y Company.		\|Company/Battery=Y Company.
	\|Task or role=		\|Task or role=
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	\|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.		\|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
	\|Died/Killed in action=DIED from Dysentery 19/11/1942.		\|Died/Killed in action=DIED from Dysentery 19/11/1942.
	\|Home address=Mother lived at 18, Back Havelock Street, South Shields. Buried initially in grave 4, Wampo.		\|Home address=Son of Robert Albert Long and of Jane Long of South Shields, County Durham. Mother lived at 18, Back Havelock Street, South Shields. Buried initially in grave 4, Wampo. Re-interred in grave 8.K.6. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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|Surname and forenames=Long John Robert
|Army number=4275862
|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 19/11/1942 at Wampo, Siam, 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 from Dysentery 19/11/1942.
|Home address=Mother lived at 18, Back Havelock Street, South Shields. Buried initially in grave 4, Wampo.
}}