Reay Edward Sergeant 4269426 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Reay Edward
|Army number=4269426
|Rank=Sergeant
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=29
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 23/3/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location unknown.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Task or role=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED 23/3/1943 - cause of death unknown.
|Home address=Son of Foster and Gertrude Reay. Husband of Lily Reay of Ashington, Northumberland. No details of initial interment. Re-interred in grave 8.K.31. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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 |Rank=Sergeant
 |Decorations=None as far as is known.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Birth registered Q3 1914 Morpeth, Northumberland.  Mother's maiden surname Wanless.
 |Age=29 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  Shot 23/3/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Chungkai, Siam.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  Shot 23/3/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Chungkai, Siam.  (Regimental notes give the date of his death as 30/3/1943).
 |Company/Battery=X Company.
 |Task or role=Not yet known.
-|Promotions=Sgt.
+|Promotions=Sergeant.
-|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
+|Wounded=Not as far as is known - it is assumed that his death by shooting was instantaneous.
-|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 23/3/1943 - EXECUTED by the Japanese after escaping from Tarkilen on the night of 6/7/March 1943.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED 23/3/1943 - EXECUTED by the Japanese after escaping from Tarkilen on the night of 6/7/March 1943.  Initially interred in Grave 4 in the jungle near Chungkai - possibly located at Tarkilen.  Re-interred 19/3/1946 in Grave 8.K.31. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "GRANT HIM, O LORD, ETERNAL PEACE".
-|Home address=Son of Foster and Gertrude Reay.  Husband of Lily Reay of Ashington, Northumberland.  Wife lived at 5, Latimer Street, Bolton, Lancs.  No details of initial interment.  Re-interred in grave 8.K.31. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
+|Home address=Son of Foster and Gertrude Reay.  Husband of Lily Reay of Ashington, Northumberland.  Wife lived at 5, Latimer Street, Bolton, Lancs.
 }}