Private Richard John Fielden
Royal Army Service Corps S/5504180
Died from beriberi whilst prisoner of war
Date of Birth: 25th of April 1917
Date of Death: 28th of December 1943 aged 26
Buried: Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand
Awarded the 1939-45 Star and the War Medal 1939-1945
In the 1939 census, Richard was living at Depot Bungalow, Marsh Road, Billericay, Essex, with father, Edward P Fielden, 1879, Civil Servant, and mother, Olive I. Fielden, 1895.
Singapore
Richard was captured at Singapore on the 18th of February 1942.
Private Richard John Fielden, Prisoner of War, February 18th 1942, captured at Singapore
Richard died of beriberi whilst being kept as a prisoner of war and was buried in the Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand.
Private Richard John Fielden, Royal Army Service Corps S/5504180
