3055714 Private Andrew CORNWALL, 2nd Bn. Royal Scots: 01/10/1942 - 02/10/1942

Remembering today:

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PRIVATE ANDREW CORNWALL
Service Number: 3055714
Regiment & Unit/Ship: 2nd Bn. Royal Scots
Date of Death: Between 01 October 1942 and 02 October 1942
Age 22 years old
Buried or commemorated at SAI WAN MEMORIAL
Memorial Reference: Column 11.
Location: China, (including Hong Kong)
Additional Info: Son of John and Matilda Cornwall, of Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.


Remembered with honour.

 

Winston Churchill: 'On Christmas Day the limit of endurance was reached and capitulation became inevitable. Under their resolute Governor, Sir Mark Young, the Colony had fought a good fight. They had won indeed the lasting honour which is their due.'

As far as The Royal Scots were concerned, however toughly they had fought in battle, their conduct in captivity was even finer. In the midst of hunger, disease, brutality, they held their heads high. In prison-camp they resisted with courage and dignity all attempts to break their spirit. [Augustus Muir, The First of Foot, 1961, p129.]

We Will Remember. Up the Royals!

Joe Brown

 

Thanks, Joe. Their suffering must have been unimaginable.

Keith