Eyton Cecil Lance Corporal 4275669

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Name Eyton Cecil
Army number 4275669
Rank Lance Corporal
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 25
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 25/5/1945 at Wan Yai Station, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery X 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 Beri Beri on a train coming up-country to Tamuray 25/5/1945.
Home address Mother lived at 13, Langthwaite Road, Gateshead. No details given of initial interment.
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