Stayman William Foreman Fusilier 4278815
Personnel Entry
Name Stayman William Foreman
Army number 4278815
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None as far as is known.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 35 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 31/7/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Kanu River Camp, Siam.
Company/Battery X Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 31/7/1943 - cause of death Cholera. Interred Grave 83 - presumably at Kanu River Camp. Re-interred in Grave 8.J.4. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
Home address Son of William Foreman Stayman and J S Stayman of North Shields, Northumberland. Mother lived at 4, Tennyson Terrace, North Shields.
Source table
Battalion records show date of death as 30/7/1943.
