9th Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
War Diary
The documentation of this particular War Diary has been confined to the period while it was part of the 23rd Division Order of Battle in the B.E.F., and thus associated with 70th Infantry Brigade.
The 9th Battalion was formed as a duplicate of the 7th Battalion on 27 July 1939 (first officer commissioned). It was organized as a Machine Gun Battalion and on the outbreak of the war was in Northumbrian Area, Northern Command. On 2 October 1939 it was attached to the 23rd Northumbrian Division (under command for labour duties and training, though not a Divisional Unit) and proceeded to France with them in April 1940.
After Dunkirk, the Battalion left the 23rd Division on 29 June as the division was disbanded. It was under command of Home Forces until January 1942 when it was transferred to Malaya Command, landing at Singapore a few days before the fall of the island. It went into Japanese POW camps after the brief but violent week-long Battle of Singapore.
The assistance of the author of the relevant article within Wikipedia is acknowledged for the above information.
War Diary of 9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 1940
9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - April 1940
9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - May 1940
9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - June 1940
Personnel list of those known to have served with the 9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.
While the initial group of names was extracted from the three months of the 1940 War Diary, set out above, an extract of the database of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission was produced which identified a total of 206 men registered as having died while serving with the Battalion - the great majority while in Japanese hands. Those names will be added to the personnel list below as soon as possible.
Ainsley A Lieutenant
Alexander Leslie Fusilier 4274062
Amos Robert Sergeant 4263441
Aries Stanley Spencer Corporal 4274239
Armstrong Angus Sergeant 4273537
Armstrong Robert William Captain 66509
Atkinson Alan Fusilier 4275277
Bastable John Daniel Langford 2/Lieutenant 73866
Beamish T V H Lieutenant
Bell George Robert Hedley Fusilier 4274122
Bell Norman Fusilier 4276625
Bensley William Henry Fusilier 4127854
Berey Brian Captain 87951
Besley Charles Robert Ingram Major 37810
Bishop Thomas Henry Lance Corporal 4127756
Black David Fusilier 4267620
Bond Edward Colour Sergeant 4265849
Boswell Donald Gilbert Company Quartermaster Sergeant 4273903
Bradley C C Lieutenant
Bramwell Jonathan George Fusilier 4276628
Brooks Albert Warrant Officer Class II 4270112
Brown Frank Lance Corporal 4274207
Brownbridge Harry George Fusilier 4278538
Buie James Wishart Bainbridge Lance Corporal 7662455
Burnett Alan Fusilier 4274209
Cable Joseph Simpson Fusilier 4275792
Caisley Charles Smailes Fusilier 4273542
Calvert Alexander John Fusilier 4275793
Carnall Alfred Fusilier 4272852
Carsley George Fusilier 4127738
Castle Joseph Fusilier 4275798
Chapman John Fusilier 4274068
Charleson Oliver Fusilier 4275800
Charlton Thomas Fusilier 4278380
Chisholm Thomas William Fusilier 4273974
Clark James William Fusilier 4273813
Clark Thomas Fusilier 4276638
Clarke James Fusilier 4275626
Clayton Albert William Fusilier 4275278
Collier James Howard Fusilier 4274935
Cook John Richard Fusilier 4273814
Cordingly Eric William Bradley Reverend 118391
Coutts John Fusilier 4271203
Cowan John Richley Fusilier 4276641
Cowen Francis Bolam Major 21519
Cowen William Henry Fusilier 4270931
Crampton Kenneth George Fusilier 4276776
Craven Charles Fusilier 4276403
Crawhall W N C Major
Cree Norman Alexander Fusilier 4279309
Critchley Edward Fusilier 4278386
Crowther Thomas Fusilier 4276896
Cummings John George Fusilier 4276642
Dakin 2/Lieutenant
Daniels Robert Henry Fusilier 6210435
Darling T D 2/Lieutenant
Davies William Henry Fusilier 4121529
Davison George Fusilier 4273982
De Roux Manley Ernest Lance Sergeant 4277111
Dees James Bracken Fusilier 4274961
Dirom Gavin Fusilier 4271470
Dixon Robert Patrick Fusilier 4278978
Dodd Joseph Thompson Fusilier 4278543
Doran John George Fusilier 4276646
Douglas Wilfred Fusilier 4273547
Douthwaite Lester Fusilier 4275043
Dowie Albert Fusilier 4271693
Dunbar Alan Fusilier 4273273
Dunlop John Fusilier 4274124
Eagleton Gerard Lance Corporal 4127820
Eastlake George Corporal 4267024
Egdell Thomas Fusilier 4278397
Elliot Richard Douglas Fusilier 4273911
Elliot Sidney Fusilier 4273988
Elliott Percival Fusilier 4273336
Ellis William L. Fusilier 4275821
Emerson James Arthur Fusilier 4274806
Errington George Fusilier 4275284
Eyton Cecil Lance Corporal 4275669
Falcus Joseph Alfred Fusilier 2818461
Farrington Christopher Fusilier 4126733
Fawcett Richard Corporal 4444571
Fleming Andrew Fusilier 4273993
Foreman George Anthony Lance Corporal 4271537
Forster John Alexander Corporal 4273913
Fromson Thomas Milburn Fusilier 4274908
Gallon S H Lieutenant Colonel
Galloway Henry Arthur Fusilier 4275829
Gardner John Fusilier 4277417
Garside Harry Fusilier 4275066
Glancey Francis J. Fusilier 4275834
Goodwill Herbert Colling Corporal 4275178
Graham George Fusilier 4263171
Green H W 2/Lieutenant
Gregson Henry Fusilier 6210596
Grey William Fusilier 4274505
Grieve Thomas Barber Corporal 4270785
Grundy Harry Fusilier 4127724
Hall John Fusilier 4279329
Hall John Henry Fusilier 4277071
Hanlon Denis Fusilier 4126886
Hart Ernest Benjamin Lomas Captain 44687
Hemmings Sidney Fusilier 4127779
Henderson John Willis Fusilier 4274079
Hine Gordon Fusilier 4275565
Hogg James Fusilier 4268899
Holleywell Edward Fusilier 4273555
Holleywell James Fusilier 4273556
Hook 2/Lieutenant
Irwin (?Urwin) C L 2/Lieutenant
Purcell Lieutenant and Quartermaster
Robson T 2/Lieutenant
Ross A (?R) W 2/Lieutenant
Sanderson 2/Lieutenant
Scott D Captain
Smith A G 2/Lieutenant
Thomas L C Major
Thornhill J Lieutenant
Todd J Fusilier
Whitton 2/Lieutenant
Wilkinson Lieutenant
