BARNBROOK Albert Reginald

  • First Name(s):
    Albert 
    Reginald 
  • Surname:
    BARNBROOK
  • Service Number:
    230114
  • Rank:

    Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Artillery
  • Regiment:
    6 Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment
  • Unit:
    H.Q.
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    27th November 1942
  • Age At Death:
    30
  • Cause of Death:
    Diarrhoea
  • Place of Death:
    Ex Singapore Maru whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
  • Place of Burial:
    First buried in Daiyuji Cemetery. Commemorated on Yokohama Cremation Memorial, Japan, Panel 2.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Husband of Lizzie Barnbrook, of Wollescote, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

BARNBROOK Albert Reginald Is Named On These Memorials

Lye Christ Church WW2 Window
Stourbridge War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Lye Christ Church WW2 Window with the incorrect initial of J. Barnbrook

Further Information About BARNBROOK Albert Reginald

Captured on 8th March 1942, transported overseas on 17th October 1942.  Designated to work Java.

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Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

The birth of Albert R. Barnbrook is registered in the September Quarter 1912 under the Stourbridge Registration District, mother’s maiden name: Hill.  He married Lizzie Tonks in Stourbridge in 1933.

The following information has been researched by The Black Country Society:
Albert Barnbrook came from Wollescote and was married to Lizzie.  He enlisted in the Royal Artillery and was posted to the Far East.  He was probably stationed in Malaya or Singapore when the Japanese invasion occurred in December 1941.  When Singapore fell in February 1942, along with many thousands of Allied troops, he was made a prisoner of war.

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