Critchley Edward Fusilier 4278386
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Critchley Edward
Army number 4278386
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 30
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 1/2/1944 at Tampie, 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 1/2/1944 from Malaria.
Home address No family information supplied other than wife was c/o NAAFI Canteen, Kirkbank Hall, Middleton Tyas, North Yorkshire. Buried initially in grave 2 Tampie. Re-interred in grave 6.D.14. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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