BALLINGER Cedric Monroe

  • First Name(s):
    Cedric 
    Monroe 
  • Surname:
    BALLINGER
  • Service Number:
    1579028
  • Rank:

    Craftsman

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Engineers
  • Corps:
    Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    3rd September 1943
  • Age At Death:
    25
  • Cause of Death:
    Pneumonia and diarrhoea
  • Place of Death:
    Songkurai Camp whilst a prisoner of the Japanese on the Thailand-Burma railway
  • Place of Burial:
    First buried in Songkurai No 2 Cemetery, Block B, Row 4, Grave No 5. Moved to Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar, Grave B3. E. 14.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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BALLINGER Cedric Monroe Is Named On These Memorials

Ombersley War Memorial

Further Information About BALLINGER Cedric Monroe

Occupation: Heating Mechanic.  Captured on 15th February 1942, transported overland on 27th April 1943.  Designated to work with F Force, Train 08, Songkurai

Additional information provided by the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre, Kanchanaburi, Thailand:  http://www.tbrconline.com

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Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

The following additional information was researched and transcribed by Mark Chambers:
Cedric Monroe Ballinger was born on 5th May 1918 in Ombersley, the son of Ernest Ballinger of Ombersley and his wife Eliza (nee Vaughan, of Nechells Aston, Warwickshire).  He was baptised on 8th April 1923 at Doverdale Church, aged 5.  In 1915, Ernest’s war record states the family were living at Winnal Cottage, Lincomb, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire.

Cedric’s siblings were:
George, born 1899 in Aston Nechells, died 1905
Eva, born 6th October 1902 in Aston Nechells, married Albert Henry Shields in 1931, St George Hanover Square, London, died 1975 in Worcester
George, born 1906 in Ombersley, died 1907 in Ombersley
John, born 23rd February 1908 in Ombersley, died 1933 in Kidderminster
Nellie, born 10th November 1909, married Charles William May in 1937 in London, died June 1996 in Kidderminster
William Ernest, born 17th November 1912, died in August 1999 in Kidderminster
Ruth, born 17th May 1914, married Bryan Buxton Knight in 1936 in Droitwich, died May 1997 in Kidderminster
Thomas, born 9th Jul 1915, died in 1942

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