Basic Details
Surname
Laidler
Forenames
Robert
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
Second World War (1939-1945)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Recovered 24.10.2022 from www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2823483/robert-laidler
Service Number: 4273835 Regiment Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 9th Bn.
Died 5/10/1943 (Dysentery) at Tamajo, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. (reinterred 1946)
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northumberland Fusiliers
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Northumberland Fusiliers
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Thailand
Cemetery
KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Year of death
1943
Month of death
October
Day of death
5
Age at death
23
Manner of death as stated
Died as Japanese POW
Manner of death reference
Other