Difference between revisions of "De Roux Manley Ernest Lance Sergeant 4277111"
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|Army number=4277111 | |Army number=4277111 | ||
|Rank=Lance Sergeant | |Rank=Lance Sergeant | ||
− | |Decorations= | + | |Decorations=None known. |
− | |Date of birth= | + | |Date of birth=8/5/1905, Clarendon, Jamaica. |
− | |Age=40 | + | |Age=40 at the time of his death. |
− | |Unit=Enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 8/9/1945 having been a prisoner of the Japanese. Declared MISSING in an aircraft lost en route between Bangkok and Rangoon. | + | |Unit=Enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED 8/9/1945 having been a prisoner of the Japanese. Repatriation process underway. Declared MISSING in an aircraft lost en route between Bangkok and Rangoon. |
|Company/Battery=W Company. | |Company/Battery=W Company. | ||
|Task or role=Not yet known. | |Task or role=Not yet known. | ||
− | |Promotions= | + | |Promotions=Lance Sergeant. |
|Wounded=Not so far as is known. | |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 8/9/1945 - cause of death - fatal air accident. Commemorated on Column 45 of the Singapore Memorial. | + | |Died/Killed in action=DIED 8/9/1945 - cause of death - fatal air accident - remains apparently unable to be recovered. Commemorated on Column 45 of the Singapore Memorial. |
− | |Home address=Son of Storks McMahon De Roux and Imogene Victoria De Roux of May Pen, Jamaica. Mrs L B Lyon, Claremont House, Claremont, St Anne, Jamaica SW1. | + | |Home address=Son of Storks McMahon De Roux (1865 - 1949) and Imogene Victoria Lindo De Roux (1865 - 1920) of May Pen, Jamaica. Traced to an incoming passenger list from Kingston Jamaica to Avonmouth, Bristol in 1934 - returned to Kingston in September 1934. Spouse Olive May Alexandra Rennalls. Children born in 1938 and 1940 (twins). Mrs L B Lyon, Claremont House, Claremont, St Anne, Jamaica SW1 (relationship to Manley not known). |
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Latest revision as of 17:41, 14 July 2018
Personnel Entry
Name De Roux Manley Ernest
Army number 4277111
Rank Lance Sergeant
Decorations None known.
Date of birth 8/5/1905, Clarendon, Jamaica.
Age 40 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED 8/9/1945 having been a prisoner of the Japanese. Repatriation process underway. Declared MISSING in an aircraft lost en route between Bangkok and Rangoon.
Company/Battery W Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions Lance Sergeant.
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 8/9/1945 - cause of death - fatal air accident - remains apparently unable to be recovered. Commemorated on Column 45 of the Singapore Memorial.
Home address Son of Storks McMahon De Roux (1865 - 1949) and Imogene Victoria Lindo De Roux (1865 - 1920) of May Pen, Jamaica. Traced to an incoming passenger list from Kingston Jamaica to Avonmouth, Bristol in 1934 - returned to Kingston in September 1934. Spouse Olive May Alexandra Rennalls. Children born in 1938 and 1940 (twins). Mrs L B Lyon, Claremont House, Claremont, St Anne, Jamaica SW1 (relationship to Manley not known).
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