See also

Frederick Douglas Ransome (1918-1944)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

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  • dock labourer then joined British Army in WWII2

  • Birth:

  • 6 Dec 1918

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England1 2

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 20)

  • 28 Lindburgh Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England2

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  • an unmarried wharf labourer (heavy worker) living with his mother and a brother. Born on 6th December 1918

  • Prisoner of War:

  • 1942 (age 23-24)

  • Singapore3

  •  

  • sergeant 5830476 End Camps Army, son of Frederick and Rhoda Ransome of 28 Lindburgh Road Ipswich Suffolk. held in Thailand or 4D Camp

  • Death:

  • 21 Sep 1944 (age 25)4

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  • War Memorial:

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  • Singapore4

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  • sergeant 5830476 2nd Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, son of Frederick Arthur and Rhoda Ellen Ransome of Ipswich Suffolk

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1918 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1418. Cit. Date: 7 June 2018.

2.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6612F page:2 line:1 letter code:TVPB. Cit. Date: 7 June 2018.

3.

FindMyPast Prisoners of War 1715-1945 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). ref:W/O 345/42. Cit. Date: 7 August 2018.

4.

FindMyPast Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt Of Honour Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Singapore memorial column:57. Cit. Date: 7 August 2018.