Difference between revisions of "9th Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers"
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| + | The documentation of this particular War Diary has been confined to the period while it was part of the 23rd Division Order of Battle, and thus associated with 70th Infantry Brigade. | ||
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| + | The 9th Battalion was formed as a duplicate of the 7th Battalion on 27 July 1939 (first officer commissioned). It was organized as a machine gun battalion and on the outbreak of the war was in Northumbrian Area, Northern Command. On 2 October 1939 it was attached to the 23rd Northumbrian Division (under command for labour duties and training, though not a Divisional Unit) and proceeded to France with them in April 1940. | ||
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| + | After Dunkirk, the Battalion left the 23rd Division on 29 June as the division was disbanded. It was under command of Home Forces until January 1942 when it was transferred to Malaya Command, landing at Singapore a few days before the fall of the island. It went into Japanese POW camps after the brief but violent week-long Battle of Singapore. | ||
'''War Diary of 9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 1940''' | '''War Diary of 9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 1940''' | ||
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'''Personnel list of those known to have served with the 9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.''' | '''Personnel list of those known to have served with the 9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.''' | ||
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| + | ''While the initial group of names was extracted from the three months of the 1940 War Diary, set out above, an extract of the database of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission was produced which identified a total of 206 men registered as having died while serving with the Battalion - the great majority while in Japanese hands. Those names will be added to the personnel list below as soon as possible.'' | ||
[[Ainsley A Lieutenant]] <br> | [[Ainsley A Lieutenant]] <br> | ||
Revision as of 14:34, 27 May 2016
War Diary
The documentation of this particular War Diary has been confined to the period while it was part of the 23rd Division Order of Battle, and thus associated with 70th Infantry Brigade.
The 9th Battalion was formed as a duplicate of the 7th Battalion on 27 July 1939 (first officer commissioned). It was organized as a machine gun battalion and on the outbreak of the war was in Northumbrian Area, Northern Command. On 2 October 1939 it was attached to the 23rd Northumbrian Division (under command for labour duties and training, though not a Divisional Unit) and proceeded to France with them in April 1940.
After Dunkirk, the Battalion left the 23rd Division on 29 June as the division was disbanded. It was under command of Home Forces until January 1942 when it was transferred to Malaya Command, landing at Singapore a few days before the fall of the island. It went into Japanese POW camps after the brief but violent week-long Battle of Singapore.
War Diary of 9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 1940
9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - April 1940
9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - May 1940
9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - June 1940
Personnel list of those known to have served with the 9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.
While the initial group of names was extracted from the three months of the 1940 War Diary, set out above, an extract of the database of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission was produced which identified a total of 206 men registered as having died while serving with the Battalion - the great majority while in Japanese hands. Those names will be added to the personnel list below as soon as possible.
Ainsley A Lieutenant
Armstrong Robert William Captain 66509
Bastable John Daniel Langford 2/Lieutenant 73866
Beamish T V H Lieutenant
Berey Brian Captain 87951
Bradley C C Lieutenant
Carnall Alfred Fusilier 4272852
Cordingly Eric William Bradley Reverend 118391
Cowen Francis Bolam Major 21519
Crawhall W N C Major
Dakin 2/Lieutenant
Darling T D 2/Lieutenant
Gallon S H Lieutenant Colonel
Green H W 2/Lieutenant
Hart E B L Captain
Hook 2/Lieutenant
Irwin (?Urwin) C L 2/Lieutenant
Purcell Lieutenant and Quartermaster
Robson T 2/Lieutenant
Ross A (?R) W 2/Lieutenant
Sanderson 2/Lieutenant
Scott D Captain
Smith A G 2/Lieutenant
Thomas L C Major
Thornhill J Lieutenant
Todd J Fusilier
Whitton 2/Lieutenant
Wilkinson Lieutenant
