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Corporal

Lord , William Thomas

 

Date Born:-

1919/01/20

 

Home Town:-

Thetford, Norfolk

 

Parents:-

William John and Eva Maud Lord

 

Next of Kin:-

(Wife) Mrs.  Kitty Lord, 5 Dimsdale Crescent, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.

Occupation:-

Shop Assistant

 

 

 

Service

Enlisted:-

 

 

Regiment:-

Cambridgeshire Regiment

 

Unit:-

2nd Battalion

 

Conflict:-

Far East - World War 2

 

Place of Capture:-

1942/02/15 - Singapore

 

 

 

Japanese Index Card Information

Card Camp:-

Malaya

 

Card Country:-

Malaya

 

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Side Two:-

 

 

Died

Age at Death:-

24

 

Date of Death:-

1943/09/14

 

Place of Death:-

Tambya, Burma

 

Cause of Death:-

BeriBeri

 

Memorial:-

B1. H. 15.

 

Cemetery:-

THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY

 

 

Notes

PoW No. I 4163. 1943/04/24 Transported overland with 'F' Force  to Thailand. New PoW No. IV 7010. Body Cremated, buried Tambya, Cemetery, Grave 176.

 

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