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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Routledge Ronald
|Army number=4272832
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=27
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Declared MISSING in ACTION 15/2/1942, now presumed to have been KILLED in ACTION on the same date.
|Company/Battery=Z Company.
|Task or role=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=
|Died/Killed in action=Presumed Killed in action 15/2/1942.
|Home address=Son of Dorothy Routledge, nephew of Andrew Routledge of Forest Hall, Northumberland. Commemorated on Column 48 of the Singapore Memorial.
}}

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 |Army number=4272832
 |Rank=Fusilier
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Research suggests he was born 1914 in Tynemouth, mother's surname Routledge.
-|Age=27
+|Age=27 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Declared MISSING in ACTION 15/2/1942, now presumed to have been KILLED in ACTION on the same date.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  Declared MISSING in ACTION 15/2/1942, now presumed to have been KILLED in ACTION in Singapore on the same date.
 |Company/Battery=Z Company.
-|Task or role=
+|Task or role=Not yet known.
-|Promotions=
+|Promotions=None known.
-|Wounded=
+|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
-|Prisoner of War=
+|Prisoner of War=No - killed in action before the force was surrendered.
-|Died/Killed in action=Presumed Killed in action 15/2/1942.
+|Died/Killed in action=Presumed Killed in action 15/2/1942.  No details available of initial interment - presumably his remains were unable to be recovered.  Commemorated on Column 48 of the Singapore Memorial.
-|Home address=Son of Dorothy Routledge, nephew of Andrew Routledge of Forest Hall, Northumberland.  Commemorated on Column 48 of the Singapore Memorial.
+|Home address=Son of Dorothy Routledge, nephew of Andrew Routledge of Forest Hall, Northumberland.
 }}

Routledge Ronald Fusilier 4272832 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 13:03, 8 June 2018

70bgadmin: Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Routledge Ronald |Army number=4272832 |Rank=Fusilier |Decorations= |Date of birth=Date not yet known. |Age=27 |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal No..."