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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 in the B.E.F., 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.

The assistance of the author of the relevant article within Wikipedia is acknowledged for the above information.

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
Alexander Leslie Fusilier 4274062
Amos Robert Sergeant 4263441
Aries Stanley Spencer Corporal 4274239
Armstrong Angus Sergeant 4273537
Armstrong Robert William Captain 66509
Atkinson Alan Fusilier 4275277
Bastable John Daniel Langford 2/Lieutenant 73866
Beamish T V H Lieutenant
Bell George Robert Hedley Fusilier 4274122
Bell Norman Fusilier 4276625
Bensley William Henry Fusilier 4127854
Berey Brian Captain 87951
Besley Charles Robert Ingram Major 37810
Bishop Thomas Henry Lance Corporal 4127756
Black David Fusilier 4267620
Bond Edward Colour Sergeant 4265849
Boswell Donald Gilbert Company Quartermaster Sergeant 4273903
Bradley C C Lieutenant
Bramwell Jonathan George Fusilier 4276628
Brooks Albert Warrant Officer Class II 4270112
Brown Frank Lance Corporal 4274207
Brownbridge Harry George Fusilier 4278538
Buie James Wishart Bainbridge Lance Corporal 7662455
Burnett Alan Fusilier 4274209
Cable Joseph Simpson Fusilier 4275792
Caisley Charles Smailes Fusilier 4273542
Calvert Alexander John Fusilier 4275793
Carnall Alfred Fusilier 4272852
Carsley George Fusilier 4127738
Castle Joseph Fusilier 4275798
Chapman John Fusilier 4274068
Charleson Oliver Fusilier 4275800
Charlton Thomas Fusilier 4278380
Chisholm Thomas William Fusilier 4273974
Clark James William Fusilier 4273813
Clark Thomas Fusilier 4276638
Clarke James Fusilier 4275626
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