Foreman George Anthony Lance Corporal 4271537
Personnel Entry
Name Foreman George Anthony
Army number 4271537
Rank Lance Corporal
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 23
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 24/10/1943 at Tarsoa, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery W 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 Tropical ulcers and gangrene 24/10/1943.
Home address No family information other than that father lived at Harrow Gate Cottages, Longframlington, Morpeth. Buried initially in grave 345/2 at Tarsoa. Re-interred in grave 4.C.52. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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