Williamson Albert Bell Fusilier 4273961 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Williamson Albert Bell
|Army number=4273961
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=24
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 30/10/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location in Japan 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 30/10/1944- cause of death unknown.
|Home address=No family information as yet. No details of initial interment. Re-interred in grave Q.D.4. British Section. Yokohama War Cemetery.
}}

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 |Rank=Fusilier
 |Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Birth registered at Berwick 1920.  Mother's maiden name Williamson.
 |Age=24 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 30/10/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – at Iruka Camp in Japan.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 30/10/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – at Iruka Camp in Japan.
 |Company/Battery=Z Company.
 |Task or role=Not yet known.
 |Promotions=None known.
 |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 30/10/1944- cause of death - Beri Beri.  Remains cremated at Iruka and ashes sent to Osaka - details inscribed on the urn.  Funeral service conducted by Lieutenant Wadsworth, Royal Corps of Signals.  Urn interred in Yokohama Mausoleum 11/3/1946.  Urn re-interred in grave Q.D.4. British Section.  Yokohama War Cemetery. No inscription on headstone.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED 30/10/1944- cause of death - Beri Beri.  Remains cremated at Iruka and ashes sent to Osaka - details inscribed on the urn.  Funeral service conducted by Lieutenant Wadsworth, Royal Corps of Signals.  Urn interred in Yokohama Mausoleum 11/3/1946.  Urn re-interred 16/9/1946 in Grave Q.D.4. British Section, Yokohama War Cemetery. No inscription on headstone.  Probate granted 10/5/1946 to Violet Bell Williamson, spinster.
 |Home address=No family information as yet.
 }}