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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=McGregor Walter George
|Army number=4274018
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=24
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 15/12/1943 at Kanchanaburi, 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 Dysentery and Beri Beri following weakness and starvation.
|Home address=Wife lived at Carr Farm, Pool Lane, Green Hammerton, North Yorkshire. Buried initially in grave 460 No. 2 Cemetery, Kanchanaburi.
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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 Dysentery and Beri Beri following weakness and starvation.  Buried initially in Grave 460, No. 2 Cemetery, Kanchanaburi.  Re-interred 11/1/1946 in Grave 2.C.51. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "WHO SACRIFICED AND GAVE HIS LIFE TO SAVE MANKIND FROM TYRANNY".
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Dysentery and Beri Beri following weakness and starvation.  Buried initially in Grave 460, No. 2 Cemetery, Kanchanaburi.  Re-interred 11/1/1946 in Grave 2.C.51. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "WHO SACRIFICED AND GAVE HIS LIFE TO SAVE MANKIND FROM TYRANNY".  Probate granted 30/5/1946 at York to his widow.
-|Home address=Son of Walter and Isabella McGregor.  Husband of Dorothy Elsie McGregor who lived at Carr Farm, Pool Lane, Green Hammerton, North Yorkshire.
+|Home address=Son of Walter and Isabella McGregor.  Married at Great Ouseburn Q2 1941 to Dorothy E. Whitley.  Husband of Dorothy Elsie McGregor who lived at Carr Farm, Pool Lane, Green Hammerton, North Yorkshire.
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 |Rank=Fusilier
 |Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=June 1919.
+|Date of birth=Research suggests June 1919, registered in Glendale, Northumberland.  Mother's maiden surname Jeffrey.  To be confirmed.
 |Age=24 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 15/12/1943 at Kanchanaburi, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.

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 |Army number=4274018
 |Rank=Fusilier
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=June 1919.
-|Age=24
+|Age=24 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  DIED 15/12/1943 at Kanchanaburi, 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 15/12/1943 at Kanchanaburi, 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 Dysentery and Beri Beri following weakness and starvation.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Dysentery and Beri Beri following weakness and starvation.  Buried initially in Grave 460, No. 2 Cemetery, Kanchanaburi.  Re-interred 11/1/1946 in Grave 2.C.51. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "WHO SACRIFICED AND GAVE HIS LIFE TO SAVE MANKIND FROM TYRANNY".
-|Home address=Son of Walter and Isabella McGregor.  Husband of Dorothy Elsie McGregor who lived at Carr Farm, Pool Lane, Green Hammerton, North Yorkshire.  Buried initially in grave 460 No. 2 Cemetery, Kanchanaburi.  Re-interred grave 2.C.51. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
+|Home address=Son of Walter and Isabella McGregor.  Husband of Dorothy Elsie McGregor who lived at Carr Farm, Pool Lane, Green Hammerton, North Yorkshire.
 }}