Difference between revisions of "Dodd Joseph Thompson Fusilier 4278543"
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|Army number=4278543 | |Army number=4278543 | ||
|Rank=Fusilier | |Rank=Fusilier | ||
| − | |Decorations= | + | |Decorations=None known. |
| − | |Date of birth= | + | |Date of birth=22/12/1911, registered Q1 1912, mother's maiden surname, Martin. |
|Age=31 | |Age=31 | ||
| − | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 31/5/1943 at Sunkrae on the Siam border whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. | + | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED 31/5/1943 at Sunkrae on the Siam border whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. |
|Company/Battery=W Company. | |Company/Battery=W Company. | ||
| − | |Task or role= | + | |Task or role=Not yet known. |
| − | |Promotions= | + | |Promotions=None known. |
| − | |Wounded= | + | |Wounded=Not so 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 31/5/1943 - cause of death not known | + | |Died/Killed in action=DIED 31/5/1943 - cause of death not yet known. Buried initially in Grave C27, Sunkrae. Re-interred December 1945 in Grave B4.N.14. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads:- "EVER REMEMBERED BY ALL AT HOME". Probate granted to his widow 15/1/1947. |
| − | + | |Home address=Son of Joseph Cowing Dodd and Jane Dodd. Married Mary Walton Q4, 1937. Resident with his wife at Bellingham at the time of the 1939 Register. Worked as a Permanent Way Labourer (presumably on the railway). His widow, Mary Dodd, lived subsequently at West View, West Woodburn, Hexham, Northumberland. | |
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Latest revision as of 11:01, 25 June 2018
Personnel Entry
Name Dodd Joseph Thompson
Army number 4278543
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None known.
Date of birth 22/12/1911, registered Q1 1912, mother's maiden surname, Martin.
Age 31
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED 31/5/1943 at Sunkrae on the Siam border whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery W Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
Died/Killed in action DIED 31/5/1943 - cause of death not yet known. Buried initially in Grave C27, Sunkrae. Re-interred December 1945 in Grave B4.N.14. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads:- "EVER REMEMBERED BY ALL AT HOME". Probate granted to his widow 15/1/1947.
Home address Son of Joseph Cowing Dodd and Jane Dodd. Married Mary Walton Q4, 1937. Resident with his wife at Bellingham at the time of the 1939 Register. Worked as a Permanent Way Labourer (presumably on the railway). His widow, Mary Dodd, lived subsequently at West View, West Woodburn, Hexham, Northumberland.
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