Crampton Kenneth George Fusilier 4276776
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Crampton Kenneth George
Army number 4276776
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 29
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 15/12/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery Y Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 15/12/1943 of Amoebic dysentery.
Home address No family information available other than that wife lived at 2, Pine Street, Fawdon. Buried initially in grave 1038N, Chungkai. Re-interred in grave 3.L.5. Chungkai War Cemetery.
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