Long John Robert Fusilier 4275862
Personnel Entry
Name Long John Robert
Army number 4275862
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None known.
Date of birth 10/4/1917 - registered in 1917. Mother's maiden surname McDonald.
Age 25 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - discharged as unfit*. Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED 19/11/1942 at Wampo, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery Y Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
Died/Killed in action DIED from Dysentery 19/11/1942. Buried initially in Grave 4, Wampo. Re-interred 17/19 March 1946 in Grave 8.K.6. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads:- "DEATH DIVIDES US BUT MEMORIES CLING". Probate granted 18/6/1945 to Daniel Long.
Home address Son of Robert Albert Long and of Jane Long of South Shields, County Durham. Mother lived at 18, Back Havelock Street, South Shields.
Source table
- John's alleged membership of the DLI needs to be investigated. This was drawn from an entry in the 1939 General Register, taken at the end of September 1939.
