Ward John Corporal 4278303 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Ward John
|Army number=4278303
|Rank=Corporal
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=32
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 23/12/1943 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 23/12/1943 - cause of death unknown.
|Home address=Son of John Joseph and Margaret Ward of Bardon Mill, Northumberland. No details of initial interment. Re-interred in grave 2.G.52. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
}}

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 |Rank=Corporal
 |Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Birth registered Q3 1911 at Haltwhistle, mother's maiden surname Little.
 |Age=32 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 23/12/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Konquita, Siam.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 23/12/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Konquita, Siam.
 |Company/Battery=W Company.
 |Task or role=Not yet known.
-|Promotions=Cpl.
+|Promotions=Corporal.
 |Wounded=Not as 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 23/12/1943 - cause of death unknown.  No details of initial interment.  Re-interred in grave 2.G.52. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED 23/12/1943 - cause of death unknown.  Initially interred at Kri Konta in Grave 17.  Re-interred 5/2/1946 in Grave 2.G.52. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "REMEMBRANCE IS SWEET THOUGH SAD TO RECALL, LOVED BY US, RESPECTED BY ALL".  Probate granted 18/2/1946 at Newcastle upon Tyne to Winifred Easton, wife of Stanley Easton.
 |Home address=Son of John Joseph and Margaret Ward of Bardon Mill, Northumberland.
 }}