Reay Edward Sergeant 4269426
Personnel Entry
Name Reay Edward
Army number 4269426
Rank Sergeant
Decorations None as far as is known.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 29 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. Shot 23/3/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Chungkai, Siam.
Company/Battery X Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions Sgt.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 23/3/1943 - EXECUTED by the Japanese after escaping from Tarkilen on the night of 6/7/March 1943.
Home address Son of Foster and Gertrude Reay. Husband of Lily Reay of Ashington, Northumberland. Wife lived at 5, Latimer Street, Bolton, Lancs. No details of initial interment. Re-interred in grave 8.K.31. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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