Thompson Arthur William Fusilier 4278291
Personnel Entry
Name Thompson Arthur William
Army number 4278291
Rank Fusilier (Battalion records show Lance Corporal).
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 31 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 3/8/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Kinsiok, Siam.
Company/Battery W Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions L/Cpl.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 3/8/1943 - cause of death Cholera. Interred in Communal Grave - probably Cholera Cemetery - Kinsiok. Remains apparently not able to be recovered. Commemorated on Column 48 of the Singapore Memorial.
Home address Son of George and Mary Isabella Thompson. Husband of Elizabeth Thompson of Bedlington, Northumberland. Wife lived at 17, Red Row, Bedlington Station.
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