Gregson Henry Fusilier 6210596
Personnel Entry
Name Gregson Henry
Army number 6210596
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 24
Unit Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment - dates not known. Transferred to, or re-enlisted in, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 18/9/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery X 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 of tropical ulcers and dysentery 18/9/1943.
Home address No family information available other than that Aunt - Miss Warburton - lived at 32 Wansbeck Street, Battlefield, Newcastle upon Tyne. Buried initially in grave 466N at Chungkai. Re-interred in grave 6.J.10. Chungkai War Cemetery.
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