Crowther Thomas Fusilier 4276896
Personnel Entry
Name Crowther Thomas
Army number 4276896
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 34
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 6/12/1944 at River Valley Road, Singapore 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 6/12/1944 as a result of a haemorrhage resulting from a motor accident.
Home address No family details available, other than wife lived at 50 Ramdale Road, Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne. Buried 7/12/1944 initially in grave 2 Changi PoW Cemetery. Re-interred in grave 16.D.4. Kranji War Cemetery.
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