Grundy Harry Fusilier 4127724
Personnel Entry
Name Grundy Harry
Army number 4127724
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 24
Unit Enlisted in the Cheshire Regiment - dates not known. Transferred to, or re-enlisted in, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 29/10/1943 (CWGC shows 28/10/1943) at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery W 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 Avitaminosis and malnutrition 28/10/1943 (Regimental Orders show 29/10/1943).
Home address Son of John and Mary Hannah Grundy of Shaw, Lancashire. Father lived at 65, Beech Street, Shaw, Near Oldham. Buried initially in grave 792N at Chungkai by Reverend Thompson. Re-interred in grave 6.N.14. Chungkai War Cemetery.
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