2nd Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1941/42

For some time I have been collating a database of all the men of this battalion who fought in Burma in 1941/42. I now seem to have reached the limit of available online resources such as the CWGC, Official Casualty Lists, Burma Star Association membership forms, etc. I have also updated and corrected, as far as possible, the names listed in Burma 1942, Memories of a Retreat, The Diary of Ralph Tanner, KOYLI.

I am now at the stage where I need help from private sources. If anyone has any possible names for inclusion on the list, please let me know.

I am happy to share the information that I have on any individual, but please be aware that in many cases it does not go much beyond name and Service Number and event such as KIA, Wounded, POW, etc.

I do intend to upload the completed list onto the forum at some stage.

Many thanks,

Simon

 

Well done Simon. Have you also been through the regjmental history? I have a copy if not.

Steve

 

Another great effort from you Simon. I have some missing in action listings and can give you a break down of those who ended up prisoners of war at Rangoon Jail. The other book that might assist, is No Mandalay, No Maymyo by Gerald Fitzpatrick.

 

Ah yes - I was a bit hasty with my earlier reply - I have No Mandalay, No Maymyo also.

 

I should have mentioned NMNM in my first post, I have a copy and it has been invaluable.

I can list those that I know to have been PoWs and I have copies of the cards for a few of them. I do not know how many ended up in Rangoon Jail but I do know that they were there before the 13th King's.

I look forward to seeing what you have.

Simon

 

Steve,

I do not have a copy of the regimental history, does it give a list of names for members of the 2nd Btn? I would be very interested to see the chapter on the 1942 fighting.

Simon.

 

It has just occurred to me that if you are both called Steve then this could get quite confusing. Who wants to be No 1 Steve?

 

Full list

Date Army No Coy Rank Surname First names KIA, Dow,etc Place of Commemoration
09/08/1940 4683641 Pte King Arthur. 'Chuta' Died of Typhus Taukkyan War Cemetery
15/04/1941 4689088 Cpl Biggin Frederick Died Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial
13/07/1941 4689702 Pte Wilson Edwin Died Rangoon Memorial
23/08/1941 4689189 Pte Dibbert George Spencer Died Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial
04/11/1941 4691299 Pte Crossley Joseph Died Rangoon Memorial
08/11/1941 4695744 Pte Standidge William Died Rangoon Memorial
15/01/1942 2821096 Pte Kilner Daniel Died of Malaria Rangoon Memorial
06/02/1942 4690100 Pte Gill Clifford Arthur Reported missing 23/02/1942 Rangoon Memorial
14/02/1942 4690571 L/Cpl Connell Cyril Reported missing 11/02/1942. Signaller repair line Rangoon Memorial
14/02/1942 4690571 L/Cpl Slow Richard Rangoon Memorial
15/02/1942 4690424 Pte Kelly John Joseph Reported Died of wounds 15/02/1942 Rangoon Memorial
15/02/1942 4692675 Pte Heath Joseph Rangoon Memorial
15/02/1942 4692828 L/Cpl Hepworth William Henry Rangoon Memorial
15/02/1942 4690556 L/Cpl Wood Ronald George Shot sniper but was himself shot Rangoon Memorial
15/02/1942 4689848 L/Cpl Brook Lawrence Wounded 15/02/1942. Later served in Western Europe BSA. Barnsley, S Yorkshire
15/02/1942 108389 Capt Brown D.H. 15/02/1942. PoW. MID L.G. 06/06/1946
15/02/1942 4696020 Sgt Cade Harold Shepherd Wounded 15/02/1942. Dekho! obit 113/1992 BSA. Dewsbury, W Yorkshire
15/02/1942 4689059 Pte Crouch Ambrose Reported missing 14/04/1942. PoW
15/02/1942 4688777 Cpl Hyomes Clement Reported missing 14/04/1942 and 15/02/1942. PoW
15/02/1942 Hallows Ginger Helped rescue Cpl Harrison
15/02/1942 4689690 Cpl Harrison B Lay wounded at Danyingon Hallows/Mustill
15/02/1942 4688883 Pte Hart J W Wounded 15/02/1942
15/02/1942 4692782 Pte Horton W Wounded 15/02/1942
15/02/1942 4691990 Pte Murray J E Wounded 15/02/1942. No Known Grave?
15/02/1942 4690993 Pte Mustill Harry Reported missing 15/02/1942. Wounded
15/02/1942 4696145 Pte Mustill William Ernest Wounded rescuing Cpl Harrison. C.L. 21/02/1942 corrected to 15/02/1942 Danyingon
17/02/1942 4688842 Pte Slide Cyril Reported missing 23/02/1942. Fired at patrol killing 1, wounding 2, killed by return fire. NMNM P.285 Rangoon Memorial
17/02/1942 4689453 Pte Burdett William Rangoon Memorial
17/02/1942 4695948 Pte Bartle Harry Rangoon Memorial
17/02/1942 4688782 Sgt Clarke Frank Henry Reported missing 18/02/1942 Rangoon Memorial
17/02/1942 4690554 Pte Kelly Stanley Rangoon Memorial
17/02/1942 4695806 Pte Oates Derrick Killed in bayonet charge Rangoon Memorial
17/02/1942 4689701 L/Cpl Acomb Douglas Rangoon Memorial
17/02/1942 4695887 Pte Dawson William Whitaker. 'Bill' 17/02/1942 GSW shoulder, survived Jap bayonet. Photo NMNM Page 142. 46955882? BSA. Norton, Doncaster, S Yorkshire
17/02/1942 4689722 Pte Hawksworth T Wounded 17/02/1942
17/02/1942 4689668 Cpl Lawrence N A Wounded 17/02/1942 Euphonium band
17/02/1942 4689789 A Coy Sgt Lawman W Wounded 17/02/1942
17/02/1942 4689751 Pte Ramsden A J Wounded 17/02/1942
17/02/1942 4692932 Pte Stubbs G Reported wounded 17/02/1942 Missing 23/02/1942? NK grave?
18/02/1942 4689490 B Coy Pte Abbott Wallace Wounded 18/02/1942. Photo NMNM Page 142 BSA. Lincoln
18/02/1942 4690322 Pte Ashcroft John Reported missing 18/02/1942. PoW
18/02/1942 4689193 Pte Bailey Harold Rangoon Memorial
18/02/1942 4689163 Cpl Bird Charles Albert Rangoon Memorial
18/02/1942 4689812 Pte Brooks Reggie Reported missing 18/02/1942. Located. & 9th York & Lancs. BSA. Scunthorpe. South Humberside
18/02/1942 4696017 Pte Burke W Reported missing 18/02/1942. Located
18/02/1942 4689639 Pte Cahill Michael Reported missing 18/02/1942. Located
18/02/1942 4689180 Cpl Caton Eric Reported missing 18/02/1942. PoW
18/02/1942 4689489 Pte Clive W A Reported missing 18/02/1942. Located 08/03/1942
18/02/1942 4690124 Pte Collins Cyril Killed in lone bayonet charge Rangoon Memorial
18/02/1942 4695888 Pte Duke Henry Rangoon Memorial
18/02/1942 4689813 L/Cpl Goodwin M Reported missing 18/02/1942. PoW?
18/02/1942 42022 A Coy Mjr Haughton George William Coy commander Rangoon Memorial
18/02/1942 4695868 Pte Hill Sykes Cooper. 'Sam' Reported missing 18/02/1942. PoW BSA. Mirfield, Yorks
18/02/1942 4689075 Sgt Hornsby Thomas Albert Henry Reported missing 18/02/1942 Rangoon Memorial
18/02/1942 4684604 A Coy WO2 Housley Harry Hacked to death Rangoon Memorial
18/02/1942 4690651 Pte Laughton Ernest Victor Reported missing 18/02/1942. PoW. Died 01/03/1943 Rangoon War Cemetery
18/02/1942 4689066 Pte Marsh F Reported missing 18/02/1942. Located
18/02/1942 4693443 L/Cpl McDonald Walter Alexander Anglo Burmese Rangoon Memorial
18/02/1942 4686166 L/Sgt Mendum Charles Reported missing 18/02/1942 Rangoon Memorial
18/02/1942 4689176 Pte Morris W J Reported Missing 18/02/1942. located
18/02/1942 4696146 Cpl Naylor Alfred Ernest Reported missing 18/02/1942. PoW Dekho! obit 137/2001. Leeds
18/02/1942 4688827 Pte Noble G Reported missing 18/02/1942. Located
18/02/1942 4695812 Pte Parker Leslie Reported missing 18/02/1942. PoW
18/02/1942 2047016 Pte Parrish Ronald Reported missing 18/02/1942. PoW
18/02/1942 4690658 Pte Pedder E Reported missing 18/02/1942. Located
18/02/1942 4696166 Pte Robinson Gilbert Reported missing 18/02/1942. Rangoon Memorial
18/02/1942 4696175 Pte Scargill G Reported missing 18/02/1942. Located
18/02/1942 4695784 L/Cpl Sheldon Leonard Reported missing 18/02/1942. PoW. Died 01/02/1943 Rangoon War Cemetery
18/02/1942 4696181 Pte Sheppard G H Reported missing 18/02/1942. Located
18/02/1942 4695788 Pte Slater E Reported missing 18/02/1942
18/02/1942 4695740 Pte Spencer Albert Reported missing 18/02/1942. PoW. Died 07/01/1943 Rangoon War Cemetery
18/02/1942 4696199 Pte Stead George Rangoon Memorial
18/02/1942 4695752 Pte Sykes Harold Reported missing 18/02/1942. PoW. Died 09/10/1942 Rangoon War Cemetery
18/02/1942 4696206 Pte Talbot C Reported missing 18/02/1942. Located
18/02/1942 4691202 Pte Taylor G Reported missing 18/02/1942. Located
18/02/1942 4690506 Pte Vollans J H Reported missing 18/02/1942. Located
18/02/1942 4689170 Pte Watson J Reported missing 18/02/1942. Located
19/02/1942 4696084 Pte Hall George William RMBK 23/02/1942 Rangoon Memorial
19/02/1942 4688843 L/Cpl Hansell William G E Non swimmer captured at Sittang 19/02/1942
19/02/1942 4688955 Cpl Hart James Rangoon Memorial
19/02/1942 7885143 Pte Healey Ernest Healy? Rangoon Memorial
19/02/1942 4688450 Cpl Hoole John Reported missing 19/02/1942. PoW
19/02/1942 4688251 Pte Martin A Reported missing 19/02/1942. PoW
19/02/1942 4689420 Pte Robinson George Edward Reported missing 19/02/1942. PoW. Died 30/09/1944. Acute pneumonia Rangoon War Cemetery
22/02/1942 4689537 L/Cpl Stead Herbert RMBK 23/02/42. Dispatch Rider. Shot by sniper at Thaton Rangoon Memorial
22/02/1942 4689414 L/Cpl Brooksbank Herbert Reported missing 23/02/1942 Rangoon Memorial
23/02/1942 4694790 Pte Hyslop William Johnston Reported Missing 23/02/1942 Rangoon Memorial
22/02/1942 2051343 Pte Turner Harold DoW Rangoon Memorial
22/02/1942 4690972 Pte Organ Harold C Shot by nervous sentry Rangoon Memorial
22/02/1942 4690884 Pte Broxham Charles H Reported Missing 23/02/1942. PoW
22/02/1942 4689754 Pte Butler J oseph William Reported missing 23/02/1944. PoW Dekho! 132? BSA. Hill Top, N.S.W., Australia
23/02/1942 SITTANG BRIDGE BLOWN
23/02/1942 Lt-Col Keegan Jack DSO. Wounded Sittang 23/02/1942
23/02/1942 4690473 L/Cpl Evans Arthur Reported Missing 23/02/1942.
23/02/1942 4690522 Cpl Rylah Ernest Reported missing 23/02/1942 Rangoon Memorial
23/02/1942 4690110 Pte Boycott David Thomas Reported missing 23/02/1942. Died 05/06/1942 Rangoon Memorial
23/02/1942 4688018 Pte Burgin George William Drowned Rangoon Memorial
23/02/1942 4692860 Pte Calladine Horace Walter Rangoon Memorial
23/02/1942 836321 Sgt Johnson Walter Reported missing 23/02/1942 Rangoon Memorial
23/02/1942 4690150 Pte Jones Raymond Wounded, stretcher case. Rangoon Memorial
23/02/1942 4689290 Sgt Kilburn Albert Reported missing 23/02/1942. Rangoon Memorial
23/02/1942 4689321 L/Cpl Harris Percy Montague Geoffrey Baxter's Batman. Shot himself to avoid capture, Yenangyaung Rangoon Memorial
23/02/1942 4537227 Pte Hewitt Walter Rangoon Memorial
23/02/1942 4689633 Cpl Tyler William Rangoon Memorial
23/02/1942 4695757 Pte Thompson Harry Rangoon Memorial
23/02/1942 4689767 Pte Frost Kenneth Jessop Drowned Sittang River Rangoon Memorial
23/02/1942 4689698 B Coy Pte Allsopp Robert Accidentally shot by Pte Slide. NMNM P.285 Rangoon Memorial
23/02/1942 4687851 Sgt Gledhill Sydney Shot whilst sorting rations in the back of a lorry Taukkyan War Cemetery
23/02/1942 4689010 L/Cpl Acland Charles Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW
23/02/1942 4690604 Pte Alderson Joseph Reported missing 19/06/1942. 24/02/1942 PoW.
23/02/1942 4689792 Pte Appleyard Thomas PoW BSA. Bleckheath, Yorkshire
23/02/1942 4689012 Pte Ashford R Reported missing, 23/02/1942 later located
23/02/1942 4695995 Pte Barker Leslie Wounded in foot
23/02/1942 4690157 Pte Battensby Ernest Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW
23/02/1942 4536283 Pte Boocock Robert E Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW
23/02/1942 4690581 Pte Daddy Robert Edward Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW. Died 08/06/1944 (24/06/1944) Beri Beri Rangoon War Cemetery
23/02/1942 4690525 Pte Danford Albert William Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW
23/02/1942 4696046 CSM Delaney Gerald Wounded DNR. Swam across Sittang River 23/02/1942
23/02/1942 4690096 Pte Ding James W Reported missing 23/02/1942. Located later
23/02/1942 58171 A/Mjr Doyle John Reinhold Innes Wounded 23/02/1942.
23/02/1942 Sgt Edwards J Shot and wounded by nervous sentry, (Pte Slide), 23/02/1942
23/02/1942 4684294 CQMS Fisher Alan Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW Half crossed Sittang by raft, panicked
23/02/1943 2573882 Pte Fogg S J Reported missing 23/02/1942. located later
23/02/1942 4689051 Pte Foster Richard Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW. Died 19/06/1944. Beri Beri Rangoon War Cemetery
23/02/1942 4689190 Pte Freegard Claude Harry Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW. Died 25/07/1942 Rangoon War Cemetery
23/02/1942 4689696 Sgt Funk Luther E Wounded 23/02/1942 B:1910 Sedgefield
23/02/1942 4690720 Pte Graves Jack Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW
23/02/1942 4689945 Pte Gledhill George PoW DNR. Brother of Sgt Sydney Gledhill. Half crossed Sittang by raft, panicked BSA. Batley, Yorks
23/02/1942 4690860 Pte Haigh James Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW
23/02/1942 4690461 L/Cpl Hawkins Percy Reported missing 23/02/1942 PoW. Died 1980 BSA. Batley, Yorks
23/02/1942 4689269 Pte Healy John James PoW
23/02/1942 4691090 L/Cpl Herberts K. Jack Reported missing DNR. PoW 24/02/1942
23/02/1942 4690667 Pte Holmes Jack Missing 23/02/1942. PoW. Dekho! obit 103/1987 Boxer. Bradford
23/02/1942 4692717 Pte Jowitt Samuel Vernon Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW. Died 26/06/1944. Cholera Rangoon War Cemetery
23/02/1942 4688791 Pte Leivers Cyril Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW. Died 24/06/1944. Acute appendicitis Rangoon War Cemetery
23/02/1942 4689409 Cpl Marsh James Finon Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW
23/02/1942 4691125 Pte McEvoy Dennis S Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW
23/02/1942 3053889 Pte McGrory John Findlay Cunningham Bandsman Rangoon Memorial
23/02/1942 4688528 Pte Moules Robert DoW Rangoon Memorial
23/02/1942 4690989 Pte Mytum George Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW
23/02/1942 4690172 Cpl Nicholson G D Reported missing 23/02/1942
23/02/1942 4689717 L/Cpl Northern Ernest C Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW
23/02/1942 4690944 Pte Prescott John Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW
23/02/1942 4696165 Pte Roberts Sydney Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW. Died 19/02/1943 Rangoon War Cemetery
23/02/1942 4542342 Pte Rukin Dennis Wilbur Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW B: 1920 D: 1991 Bridlington, Yorkshire.
23/02/1942 4689699 Pte Sharp Richard Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW BSA. Wakefield, W Yorkshire
23/02/1942 4696184 Pte Sheard Norman Arthur Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW. Died 11/01/1943 Rangoon War Cemetery
23/02/1942 4689705 Pte Smith H B Reported Missing 23/02/1942. PoW
23/02/1942 4690985 Pte Speight Walter Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW. Died 10/11/1942 Rangoon War Cemetery
23/02/1942 4692798 Pte Spencer F Reported missing 23/02/1942
23/02/1942 4682599 Sgt Steel John William Accidently wounded by Pte Slide when returning from patrol. 50th Indian Tank Bde. BSA. Pontefract. Died 1989
23/02/1942 3130485 Pte Steir Leonard. 'Jock' Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW. BSA. Barnsley, S Yorkshire
23/02/1942 4689598 Pte Stevens G Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW
23/02/1942 4691030 Pte Stott Frank Bandsman. Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW BSA. Beeston, Leeds
23/02/1942 4689700 Pte Thompson G H Reported missing located later Died 1978
23/02/1942 4696252 Pte Towell Thomas Stanley Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW. Died 29/12/1942 Rangoon War Cemetery
23/02/1942 4690511 Pte Trydell William James Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW. Died 25/08/1942 Rangoon War Cemetery
23/02/1942 4696214 Pte Tucker George Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW. Swam Sittang Dekho Obit 108/1990. Springbank, Hull
23/02/1942 64621 Capt Wardleworth Edmund Douglas Wounded 23/02/1942. Shot in the shoulder. Swam Sittang Wife killed at Myitkyina 06/05/1942
23/02/1942 4689520 Pte Yates Albert E Reported missing 19/06/42. FEPOW 24/02/1942. PoW. Died 05/05/1981
24/02/1942 4696161 Pte Ratcliffe George PoW. Artist
27/02/1942 95506 T/Cpt Howden Rupert Alastair Brian Amara 3" Mortar section. Leg amputed Sittang. CL. Wounded. Dangerously ill 27/02/1942 B:1919 Marylebone. D: 1977 Wemouth
02/03/1942 4534574 Sgt Fitzpatrick M Wounded 02/03/1942
03/03/1942 4689744 Pte Booth Ernest Wounded 03/03/1942
03/03/1942 4689680 Pte Nicholls J W Wounded 03/03/1942
03/03/1942 4690956 Cpl Rudlington Herbert W Wounded 03/03/1942. Mule driver B: 1919 Gloucester
03/03/1942 4695742 Pte Squires Charles Wounded 03/03/1942
03/03/1942 4691580 Pte Stafford J Reported wounded 03/03/42. Leg amputated, Sittang
03/03/1942 4689473 Pte Tebbett J Wounded 03/03/1942
05/03/1942 160575 2/Lt Fitzpatrick Gerald Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu. Mortar Officer No Mandalay, No Maymyo
05/03/1942 160952 2/Lt Young Andrew Mclaren Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu
05/03/1942 172348 2/Lt Rimmer Robert Eustace Oldfield Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu. Tied on mule
05/03/1942 180278 2/Lt Wise Leslie Podmore Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu
05/03/1942 186236 2/Lt Marsh James Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu
05/03/1942 187116 2/Lt Wellborne John Amory Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu. Led charge at Toksan. Later 2nd South Lancashire Regt. BSA. Uckfield, East Sussex.
05/03/1942 197269 2/Lt Stevens Victor Leslie Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu BSA. Leeds. Dekho! obit 137/2001.
05/03/1942 198242 2/Lt Hague Douglas C Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu. Animal Officer
05/03/1942 200942 2/Lt Watts Arthur Edward Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu. Intelligenge Officer Fell from horse & broke collar bone Toksan
05/03/1942 77920 2/ Lt Ableson James William Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu. KiA 08/03/1942. (201483) Rangoon Memorial
05/03/1942 203899 2/Lt Oakley Bernard Vincent Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu. Transport Officer
05/03/1942 121211 2/Lt Ibbotson Alan Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu. Sent to Brigade Entomologist
05/03/1942 172347 2/Lt Renton Stuart Senior Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu. Sent to Brigade
05/03/1942 186237 2/Lt Watson Edwin Hamer. 'Tim' Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu. Sent to Brigade. Att. REME. Accidentally drowned, India 25/04/1945 Madras War Cemetery.
05/03/1942 2/Lt Whitaker Alan Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu. Sent to Brigade
05/03/1942 207823 2/Lt McKillop James Ewing Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu. Sent to Brigade
05/03/1941 207822 2/Lt Riddel William Lauder Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu. Sent to Brigade. Att 10/Glosters. Died 27/05/1945 Delhi War Cemetery.
05/03/1942 217786 2/Lt Lawrence George Edward. "Chota". Joined Btn 05/03/1942 at Hlegu. Sent to Brigade
08/03/1942 4688839 Pte Clare E Reported missing 08/03/1942. Located
08/03/1942 4689119 Sgt Danford Harry Reported missing 23/02/1942. KiA 08/03/1942 Rangoon Memorial
08/03/1942 4695493 Pte Gardner W J Wounded. Reported missing 08/03/1942. Located
08/03/1942 4690149 Pte Hartley J Reported missing 08/03/1942. Located KIA 1945 Germany
08/03/1942 4689126 Cpl Lindley F Reported missing 08/03/1942. Located 17/05/1942
08/03/1942 4695792 Pte May T Reported missing 08/03/1942. located
08/03/1942 4353614 L/Cpl Rafter J Reported missing 08/03/1942. Located
08/03/1942 4688686 Pte Rotherham W L Reported missing 08/03/1942. Located
08/03/1942 4688786 Pte Rowley Edward RM 08/03/1942. Located. KiA 29/03/1945 with 1/4th Btn. "stepped on a mine". Jonkebos War Cemetery, Holland
08/03/1942 4688659 L/Cpl Rowley John Reported missing 08/03/1942. Wounded. Rangoon Memorial
08/03/1942 4689681 Pte Wilson Thomas Reported missing 08/03/1942 Rangoon Memorial
11/03/1942 4689442 Pte Corcoran James Rangoon Memorial
12/03/1942 4690611 Pte Gascoigne D Wounded 12/03/1942
12/03/1942 4694864 Pte Sewell Roy Bernard Wounded. Dekho! Obit 109/1990 BSA. Barnsley, South Yorkshire. D: 01/06/1990
13/03/1942 4692822 Pte Bell R. 'Taggy' Reported missing 13/03/1942. Located
13/03/1942 4688530 Pte Diamond G Reported missing 13/03/1942. Located 05/04/1942
13/03/1942 4690541 A Coy Pte Neville J Reported wounded 13/03/1942. PoW
15/02/1942 4689961 Pte Jackson J Wounded shot in Elbow, Danyingon. Cook Rangoon Memorial
15/03/1942 4689166 L/Cpl Robson Edward French Died Prome Hospital 04/03/1942 Rangoon Memorial
18/03/1942 4689254 Pte Askew Joseph Simpson Reported missing 18/03/1942. KiA Rangoon Memorial
23/03/1942 4688455 Pte Edwards Alan Crossley Rangoon Memorial
27/03/1942 796524 Cpl Kirkbright Harry Rangoon Memorial
27/03/1942 4694205 Pte Walton Thomas Kershaw Reported missing 23/02/1942 Rangoon Memorial
29/03/1942 4689228 Pte Perrow Cyril Accidentally killed Taukkyan War Cemetery
30/03/1942 4686122 Pte Goddard Edward Henry Reported missing 30/03/1942. 13/03/1942 Rangoon Memorial
30/03/1942 4690270 Pte Jarvis Jackie Reported missing 30/03/1942. M.I. room. Survived?
30/03/1942 4689734 Pte Parkinson Stanley Reported missing 23/02/1942. KiA 30/03/1942 Rangoon Memorial
30/03/1942 64620 Capt Wilson Anthony Andrew Rangoon Memorial
30/03/1942 4689054 Sgt Womack Joseph Reported missing 30/03/1942. PoW? Comm KSLI Died June 1993
06/04/1942 4690113 Pte France Percy Birkett Reported missing 23/02/1942 Rangoon Memorial
07/04/1942 4689707 Pte Swain Thomas Willie Reported missing 23/02/1942 Rangoon Memorial
08/04/1942 4689109 L/Cpl Ackroyd Charles Reported missing 08/04/1942 Rangoon Memorial
10/04/1942 4691001 Pte Rudston Albert Reported missing 10/04/1942 Rangoon Memorial
12/04/1942 4688744 L/Cpl France Charles Reported Missing 18/02/1942. Located Rangoon Memorial
13/04/1942 4690721 Pte Brewer Gerald Rangoon Memorial
14/04/1942 223512 A/Cpt Bootland Alan Shot through Jaw. Wife and son at Maymyo Dekho! 132
14/04/1942 217668 Lt Cranfield Geoffrey Cecil Rangoon Memorial
14/04/1942 4536326 Pte Shaw Harold Rangoon Memorial
14/04/1942 4695992 Pte Baillie Gordon Rangoon Memorial
14/04/1942 4689720 L/Cpl Greenwood George Missing 23/02/1942. PoW. Went mad Rangoon Memorial
14/04/1942 4690518 Pte Watson James Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW? Rangoon Memorial
14/04/1942 4690747 L/Cpl Winstanley Ernest Reported missing 14/04/1942 Rangoon Memorial
14/04/1942 7886780 Pte Moorcock Kenneth Leonard Rangoon Memorial
14/04/1942 4688372 Cpl Massey John William Wilfred Reported missing 18/02/1942. Rejoined? Rangoon Memorial
14/04/1942 4690213 Pte Pollard Sydney Reported missing 23/02/1942 & 14/04/1942 Rangoon Memorial
14/04/1942 4689712 L/Cpl Sanderson George Vincent PoW. Not on main list BSA. Heeley, Sheffield, S Yorks.
14/04/1942 4691694 Pte Thrower H Reported missing 23/02/1942 & 14/04/1942. Located
15/04/1942 4696225 Pte Whincup Albert Ernest Reported missing 15/04/1942 Rangoon Memorial
15/04/1942 4696065 Pte Fleetwood Harry Reported missing 18/02/1942. Located. Rangoon Memorial
15/04/1942 4696124 Pte Lee George William KiA 15/04/1942 Rangoon Memorial
15/04/1942 4690959 Pte Holmes Albert Rangoon Memorial
16/04/1942 4684329 CQMS Spindley Frank C.L. D.O.W. 18/02/1942 Rangoon Memorial
17/04/1942 4688954 Sgt Morhamer Franz Frederick Ex Foreign Legion. May have died in S.D. Fire Taukkyan War Cemetery
19/04/1942 104934 Lt Phillips Melville Qtr Mstr, 'Taffy'. Heart attack at Yin Chaung. NMNM P.160 Rangoon Memorial
22/04/1942 4695991 Pte Bailey Eric Reported missing 19/02/1944. Located Rangoon Memorial
26/04/1942 4689708 Pte Ramsden Benjamin Shot for desertion by Sgt W Butcher Rangoon Memorial
26/04/1942 4689306 Pte Cockshott Clifford Deserted with Pte Ramsden. Shot? Rangoon Memorial
26/04/1942 4689961 Pte Jackson J Deserted 26/04/1942 Same man as above?
28/04/1942 4688657 Cpl Broughton Geoffrey Killed by sniper Gauhati War Cemetery
02/05/1942 4690131 Pte Bell George Reported missing 19/06/1942. Rangoon Memorial
02/05/1942 4692592 Pte Cross Thomas Missing DNR or 25/04/1942 or 19/06/1942 Rangoon Memorial
07/05/1942 73664 Mjr Martin David Eric KIA Rangoon Memorial
07/05/1942 4695796 Pte Millea Thomas DoW Rangoon Memorial
07/05/1942 4689410 Pte Powell Wilson Reported missing early May 1942 Rangoon Memorial
07/05/1942 4690111 Pte Parkin George Edward Reported missing 14/04/1942. DoW as PoW Rangoon Memorial
08/05/1942 4692789 Pte Huby Ronald Rangoon Memorial
08/05/1942 4695857 Pte Grove Wilfred Reported died 08/05/1942 Gauhati War Cemetery
10/05/1942 4689081 Pte Fish George Norman Harrop Reported missing 10/05/1942. Died malaria Rangoon Memorial
10/05/1942 4610506 Sgt Oldcorn Charles Edward Reported missing 10/05/42. PoW. Died 26/06/1944. Beri Beri Rangoon War Cemetery
10/05/1942 4690171 Pte Dixon Eric Pattison Reported missing 10/05/1942. Wounded. P.O.W. Died 12/10/1942 Rangoon War Cemetery
10/05/1942 4688779 Pte Parker Donald J Reported missing 10/05/1942. PRMBKNNM Bren carrier driver
11/05/1942 4690654 Pte Wright Goulding Rangoon Memorial
14/05/1942 4689761 L/Cpl Covell Alfred Reported died 14/05/42. Captured, rescued & later KiA Rangoon Memorial
15/05/1942 4689057 Pte Appleton John Robert Rangoon Memorial
15/05/1942 4691029 Pte Buckley Kenneth Missing 23/02/1942. PoW Rangoon Memorial
15/05/1942 4696033 Pte Crabtree Fred C.L. 12/05/1942 Rangoon Memorial
15/05/1942 1893496 Pte Birch R Missing*
17/05/1942 4690351 Pte Boyle Daniel Reported missing 17/05/1942 Rangoon Memorial
17/05/1942 6202162 Pte Critcher William James Rangoon Memorial
17/05/1942 4535768 Cpl Wilson Stanley Verdun Reported missing 17/04/1942 Rangoon Memorial
18/05/1942 100547 Pte Cox William Stanley Rangoon Memorial
20/05/1942 4696277 Pte Iles Geoffrey Rangoon Memorial
20/05/1942 4689650 A Coy Pte Abbott John William Died of Wounds Imphal War Cemetery
23/05/1942 4536150 L/Cpl Nolan James Imphal War Cemetery
25/05/1942 4690428 Pte Micklefield Jack KiA Rangoon Memorial
26/05/1942 4689768 Pte Bellamy Clifford Henry Gauhati War Cemetery
27/05/1942 4688976 Sgt Newsome Harry Rangoon Memorial
31/05/1942 4689082 Pte Tidswell Ralph Rangoon Memorial
05/06/1942 4688434 Cpl Fleming Thomas Died Delhi War Cemetery
06/06/1942 4689607 Pte Plowman Tom PoW 24/02/1942 Rangoon Memorial
06/06/1942 4688896 Sgt Whitebrook Henry Conroy. 'Jock' Reported missing 18/02/1942. Died 06/06/1942 Gauhati War Cemetery
07/06/1942 4685975 CQMS Coombs George Missing 01/05/1942. Died in wife's arms Rangoon Memorial
10/06/1942 4690474 L/Cpl Smythe John James Rangoon Memorial
18/06/1942 4688615 Pte Travis Harry Reported missing 10/05/1942 Rangoon Memorial
19/06/1942 4689564 L/Cpl Balcombe Cyril Missing 15/05/1942* Rangoon Memorial
19/06/1942 4693834 Pte Freeman Edward Reported Missing 19/06/1942. PoW. Yenangyaung Dekho! Obit 116/1994. D:1993 Morecombe
19/06/1942 4690712 Pte Haigh William Arhur Leslie Reported missing 19/06/1942 Dekho! obit 156/2006. Lancaster, Lancs.
19/06/1942 4689703 Pte Young W H Reported missing 19/06/1942. PoW After arrival in India
21/06/1942 4689187 Pte Hiscox Jack Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW. Bandsman Rangoon Memorial
23/06/1942 4691204 Pte Middleton Fred Imphal War Cemetery
01/07/1942 4685346 WO2 Norcliffe Stanley Rangoon Memorial
20/07/1942 4689636 Pte Shaw Thomas James Enlisted 1935 Pontefract. Wife & sons also died Kohima War Cemetery
20/07/1942 4697429 Pte Carter Ernest George Died 20/07/1942. 1st battalion. Ranchi War Cemetery
05/08/1942 4690530 Pte Sykes Donald Died 05/08/1942 Kirkee War Cemetery
15/08/1942 4691691 Pte Walker Walter Reported missing DNR. PoW Died 15/08/1942 Rangoon War Cemetery
07/09/1942 4690103 Pte Troops Roy Died in India Gauhati War Cemetery
10/09/1942 4690158 Pte Redmile William Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW Rangoon War Cemetery
12/09/1942 4694057 Pte Giblin Ernest Missing 09/03/1942 & 19/06/1942. PoW Died Rangoon War Cemetery
30/09/1942 4696265 Pte Cryer Leslie Reported missing 11/02/1942. PoW. Died 30/09/1942 Rangoon Memorial
13/10/1942 4690971 Pte Pattison Eric Rangoon War Cemetery
21/10/1942 4684826 Sgt Jewson Harold Gauhati War Cemetery
09/03/1943 4696074 Pte Giblin James Hartlby Reported Missing. 18/02/1942. Located. Accidentally shot 09/03/1943 Sgt W Butcher Gauhati War Cemetery
10/05/1943 4689084 Sgt Hirst Jack Reported missing 10/05/1942. PoW. Died 16/05/1943 Rangoon Memorial
30/03/1942 4689697 Pte Hughes Robert Reported missing 30/03/1942. PoW. Died 05/08/1943 Rangoon Memorial
18/08/1943 4689571 Pte Mills Norman Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW Rangoon Memorial
18/09/1943 4690657 L/Cpl Haselgrave James Fired at cooks wounding 2. NMNM P.285. Missing 19/06/1942. PoW? Rangoon War Cemetery
24/09/1943 4696097 Pte Haykin Alfred Reported Missing 23/02/1942. PoW. Died 18/09/1943 Rangoon Memorial
23/02/1942 4690219 Pte Lindsey Gilbert Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW. Died 06/10/1943 Rangoon War Cemetery
23/02/1942 4689810 Pte Reid Donald Reported missing 23/02/1942. PoW. Died 09/02/1944 Rangoon War Cemetery
20/02/1944 121466 Capt Ashmore William Frederick Caldwell Taukkyan War Cemetery
22/03/1944 4690711 Sgt Potter Albert William Taukkyan War Cemetery
03/04/1944 4698266 L/Cpl Smith Dennis Taukkyan War Cemetery
23/08/1942 4689189 Pte Dibbert George Spencer Brookwood 1939-45 Memorial
26/07/1944 4685112 Sgt Revill Frank Reported missing 10/05/1942. Died Pow 26/07/1944 Rangoon War Cemetery
27/01/1945 314134 Lt Ayres Harold Boyer Rangoon Memorial
08/08/1945 330530 Lt Coleman Peter James Rangoon Memorial
10/07/1945 4689011 L/Cpl Arundell Leslie Reichswald Forest War Cem
20/02/1942 4689997 D Coy Sgt Howson John Patrick M.M. L.G. 09/03/1943. Mentioned by Sgt W Butcher Dekho! obit 127/1998
10/05/1942 4694234 Pte Yesson J Reported missing. Reported in error. Mentioned by Sgt W Butcher
20/03/1943 4690005 Pte Wild John Henry Died 20/03/1943 Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cem
Pte Yapp Mentioned by Sgt W Butcher. No trace C.L.
4687888 C Coy Addy A Wounded Yenangyaung
4698819 Pte Ainson George
60612 63616 Capt Anne Frederick John MiD. L.G. 28/10/1942. Changed surname by deed poll to Charlton, 1951. BSA. Hexham, Northumberland
4690539 Pte Appleton J Wounded in action. D.N.R.
4684802 Pte Armitage A
4689157 Pte Ashmore Jack
4690540 Pte Ashton T.W. Wounded DNR
4689601 Pte Barber G A Missing 18/02/1942 never located
Pte Baker Ken
Pte Bareham Geordie Battalion Marksman. NMNM P. 165, 181. Geordie Barren? Bertie Mees best friend
2041156 Pte Barker Ernest Edward Obit Dekho! 135/2000. BSA. Okehampton, Devon
4687506 L/Cpl Barrow Jack
4689819 A Coy Pte Barton Joby?
4689188 C Coy Lt Baxter Walter
B Coy Capt Baxter Geoffrey S Recently promoted from subaltern. NMNM Page, 157. Evacuated sick from Mount Popa. Page196) Shot through arm by Burmese at Hlegu
4688975 L/Cpl Baxter H Missing later located
4682216 Pte Baxter John
Beaumont R Killed*
Bedford Mick
Bell Leslie Dekho! Obit 112/1992
4689233 Sgt Benson J A
Berry James No number stated on BSA membership form BSA. Atherton, Nr Manchester
4748884 Sgt Binney Eric Dekho! obit 150/20005. Dorset BSA. Bournemouth
4685023 Sgt Birch A T 'Atty' Husband of Molly Birch Dekho! 131 ?
Blackburn Eddie
4688792 WO1 Bloore Rex H.Q. Rangoon Bde Area Dekho! obit 150/20005. Loughborough, Leics
4691044 Pte Bradley James Horace Also served with the 1st Lincolnshire Regt. BSA. Tinsley, Sheffield
Pte Bream G Drove Train
B Coy L/Cpl Brooks Harry No number stated on BSA membership form BSA. Doncaster, S Yorkshire
Pte Brooks Joe Rejoined battalion oilfields
4691155 Boy Brown T L (India)
Sgt Brown John William 'Tipper' Officer's Mess Sgt Agra 1932.
4689976 L/Cpl Browning Squad February 1937
Broadbent Bob Dispatch Rider
L/Cpl Bryans Anglo Burmese
4687309 Pte Bubb W H Wounded DNR
Cpl Buckley Bob Incident with Bren gun
4689100 Pte Burks F Missing located 19/05/1942
4689745 Pte Burrows Ken Wounded DNR. 'Leg wound Toksan'
4687544 B Coy Sgt Butcher W Gave evidence re shootings
Cahill Patrick Brother to Michael
Pte Carr Flossie. Leg amputated
C Coy Sgt Cash
30821 Mjr Chadwick Geoffrey Turner Evacuated malaria. Rejoined 17/03/1942. O.B.E. L.G. 28/10/1942 Retired 29/11/1950
Pte Champion
Pte Christmas. Killed 23/02/1942? No trace CWGC
Mjr Clarke RAMC
4688782 Sgt Clarre. F. Died at Billin hand to hand fighting*
Clarke. Nobby
Clayton. Frank. Batman to Keegan
4535540 Pte Clegg. Bob. Puggy. Wounded DNR
4535756 L/Cpl Clifford. George Horace. BSA. Shipley, Yorks
4608217 Pte Clifton. Bertie. Dekho! obit 145/2003 Colchester
Clueth. Jack Bob
Cpl Coates. Maggie
Pte Cochrane
Pte Coles. John
Pte Coleman. Bertie
4695928 Cpl Collings. William. Dekho! Obit 120/1996. Holmfirth, Yorks.
16/06/1944 4689083 Pte Cooke. Stanley. KiA in France 1/4th Btn KOYLI from Sheffield Bayeux War Cemetry.
4689152 Sgt Cooke. Charles. Dekho! Obit 117/1994 Bitterne, Southampton
Cooper
4689962 Pte Cotton. William. No number stated on BSA membership form. Sheffield, S Yorks
4688337 Crawford. A J
Craven. Joe Batman to Lt-Col Becher
4689412 Cpl Crooks Roger BSA. Darnall, Sheffield
4689486 L/Cpl Crossland. Albert. (Tojo). Wounded DNR. Married Maymyo 1940. Initial S on Casualty List
8464987 L/Cpl Crossland. George Samuel. BSA. Woodbridge, Suffolk
4688131 Cpl Crummack
Pte Cannon Tommy Boxer
Corkwell George Joined Military Police
Daighton Len
4688775 Sgt Dalby Chales George "Chuck" Wounded France 11/09/1944 with 1/4th Btn. Regimental police
4696046 Pte Delaney J Wounded D.N.R. at Sittang (Identical with Gerald Delaney?)
4685615 CQMS Darby Harry
4689824 Pte Davies Chuck Wounded D.N.R. Bayonet wound Bilin
Pte Day Killed with his mule Sittang*
Pte Desforges From group of 50 1941?
Pte Darwell A strange but true story?
4689549 C Coy Dickinson Walter Also served with the 2nd Btn, Y & Ls BSA. Deighton, Huddersfield, W Yorkshire
4689352 L/Cpl Didsbury John Wounded at Sittang. Swam river
4689164 Pte Didsbury Ralph Brother to John
4690901 Pte Doe John Jap bullet split his rifle
4536944 Cpl Doherty Jim CSM India
Cpl Dolman J Instructor signals section. Japanese wife
4686615 WO2 Dolman William BSA. Uckfield, East Sussex. D: 1972
4620304 Cpl Donnelly James Obir Dekho! 1989. BSA. Yokine, Western Australia
B Coy L/Cpl Doran Bob
4681028 WO2 Downs W
4689367 L/Cpl Downing E PoW. 2nd Btn?.
CSM Drist
4695886 Pte Drury J Missing located
CSM Duffy From 1937 squad
4689415 Pte Durdey C Wounded DNR
WO2 Dyson J R
4689364 Sgt Dransfield Harry. 'Benny' Carried Capt Doyle to safety Obit Dekho! 98/1985. Hoyland Common, Barnsley
Pte Elias Jack Killed Sittang Bridge* No trace
4687889 Pte Ellis Charles
6012281 Pte Elsom Ernest William. 'Jack' Also served with Royal Lincolnshire Regt & Essex Regt. Obit Dekho! 112/1992 BSA. Saffron Walden, Essex
4696057 Pte Elsworth Ray Lt V.L. Stevens's Batman Brought home Jap flag
28/03/1944 14308702 Pte Ely Robert William 28/03/1944. PoW Should be 1942?
4690432 Pte Emmett Malaya
4688868 L/Cpl Evans Horace Obit Dekho! 69/1974
Exley Cpl Doherty's squad
Pte Etherington Zeb
Farr Paddy
CQMS Fall R H
4689427 Fallows
4694373 Farmerley George Drove last Bren Carrier across Sittang Bridge
Pte Fearn Robert No number stated on BSA membership form BSA. Barnsley, S Yorks.
4690171 Pte Fenn A E
4691036 Pte Finney John BSA. Star & Garter Home, Richmond. Obit Dekho!
4689407 Cpl Fletcher James A B: 1920. Goole. (Barmby)
C Coy Fletcher Frederick Brother to James B: 1911. Goole. (Barmby)
Sgt Fletcher William Leonard No number stated on BSA membership form Obit Dekho! 88/1981. BSA. Edlington near Doncaster.
4690347 Pte Fowler Harry 1st & 2nd Btns. BSA. Hull, E Yorks. Dekho! Obit 112/1992
Cpl Fox MM Swam across Sittang river
103021 Capt Fox Charles Alexander Polio attack left in charge of wives & children Maymyo Letter, post card and christmas card
4689711 Pte Fox George BSA. Bridgend, Wales
4533047 S/Sgt Fozzard John Richard BSA. Leeds
CQMS Frampton Framton?
4688658 Sgt Freeman R Wounded DNR
4687613 Fretwell
Grace
RSM O'Malley John Dekho! 140
218650 Capt Goldthorpe John Arthur Edward. "Curly" Commissioned 15/11/1941 from Acting R.Q.M.S. (4748560), 2nd Btn KOYLI. Died 31/12/1979. BSA. Rogerstone, nr Newport, Mon. Dekho! 132
Birdsall Norman Dekho! 131
4689692 Pte Gascoigne Harry Gravely wounded but survived
A Coy Pte Gates
4689713 HQ Coy Pte Gaze Jack Later served in Germany BSA. York, later Cornwall. D: 02/05/1995
4689470 C Coy Gill Eric Crossed Sittang with rifle
Gill George
4535883 Pte Gilpin. Jack. MID. L.G. 28/10/1942. Died in Malaya 25/07/1949 as Sgt, of scrub typhus or heart attack.
4688746 L/Cpl Graham John Christopher BSA. Beeston. Leeds
Granville George
888404 Graydon Arthur Dekho! obit Died Australia 1988
4690656 Cpl Grayson Fred Later RAMC. BSA. Leek, Staffs
C Coy Capt Green H Maurice Recently promoted from subaltern. NMNM P. 129 Evacuated from Mount Popa. Evacuated sick from Mount Popa
B Coy L/Cpl Green Chick
149041 Lt Groth John Charles From group of 50 1941?
HQ Coy Sgt Grouch
5677820 Pte Groves Dennis Harry Drowned 22/10/1942 Ceylon, with 2/5th Leicestershire Regiment
CSM Guest Benjamin Buried regimental silver. No number stated on BSA application form BSA. Barnsley, S Yorks.
Giles Ron Friend of Ken Burrows
Sgt Hall Les
4696083 Hallas Phillip Died August 1994
Pte Harness
4686844 L/Cpl Hammond T 'Bob'
4690862 Pte Handley William George BSA. Dewsbury, W Yorkshire. D:02/1978
Harwood Feb 1937 squad
4530760 Sgt Harris Raymond Cartwright Burma 1926-42 BSA. Sheffield, S Yorks
4692730 L/Cpl Harrison S K
Hawksworth Benny
4690946 B Coy Pte Hawke George Edward "Sparrow" BSA. Barnsley, S Yorkshire
4689268 D Coy Cpl Healey Douglas Pushed wounded on rafts at Sittang BSA. Thorne, S Yorkshire
2059603 Pte Helstrip Ronald Josep Wounded B: 1921, Knaresborough. D: Bradford, Yorks. 1996
Hensby Carlton Henry Dekho! Obit 112/1992
Helliwell Chinney Shoulder wound. Enlisted 16/05/1935
4695866 Pte Hewitt E.T. (Ted) Fitzpatrick's squad. Photo NMNM P.181 Dekho! obit 135/2000
Pte Hield Frank
Pte Hield Patrick
Pte Hield ?
4691026 Pte Hill J 'Tich' Cornet band. Died Aus 1988
4690144 Pte Hillyard William Gave waterbottle to Sgt Bootland. Died 16/04/94 Dekho! obit 116/1994. Cleveland, Middlesboro
Hill Jimmy Mules. Died 1993
4689185 L/Cpl Hobson F Wounded D.N.R.
Hogan James
Pte Holdsworth Batman
Hocker
Hocker
Holgate. Ralph
Holgarth. Danniel
4690408 Hollinshead.
4688783 Cpl Hoffman. Arthur James. Also served in Western Europe BSA: Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire.
4689398 Hood. Bugler. Escort for wives. Batman for Tanner
4690670 L/Cpl Hooley. Ernest. Later served in Western Europe BSA. Bierley, Yorkshire.
30868 C Coy Capt Hotham. P
2/Lt Horrobin. Name from G. Fitzpatrick
4690154 Pte Houghton Bert Feb 1937 squad
4689997 L/Cpl Howson John Patrick M.M. WO2. Korean War BSA. London
Pte Humphreys. Irvin. BSA. Barnsley, S Yorks.
4691149 Pte Hutchinson. H. Wounded
Pte Hurley. Mules.
Hymas. A . Died 1992
Irwin. Group of 50 Maymyo 1941
Irvine. D M.T.
4534639 Pte Idle. Alven. 'Sussty' KiA France 16/07/1944 with1/4th KOYLI St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux
4696106 Pte Isaacs. Joss. Photo NMNM P.181 B:09/10/1916. D: Leeds, 1998.
Ives. N. Bugler.
Izon. Dekho! obit
4686675 Sgt Jamieson.
Cpl Jennings. PTI
Sgt Jennsen. Peter. Orderley room
Johnson. Eddie. Group of 50 Maymyo 1941
4689099 B Coy Cpl Justice. James. Died 1961
7364750 Pte Katz. Benjamin. RAMC Dekho! obit 134/2000 Huddersfield
4689430 Pte Kellsall.
Kibbler. George. 'Bill' Photo NMNM P. 181
4689016 Keliey (Kelley)?
4688965 Sgt Kelly. George James. Later served with 81 (W.A.) Division & Malaya Dekho obit 132/1999. Huntingdon, Cambs.
Knaggs G Mule Transport
Pte Lacey. Rogue. NMNM P. 208
Laffay. Btn goalkeeper
4689556 Lawson. B
Sgt Lawton. Wounded
Launceston. Cecil. Drums. Band
218651 2/Lt Laverick. John.Commissioned from Sgt 15/11/1941. Later Capt & Adjt
Sgt Leach. B. Clarinet. Band
4689968 Pte Lee Fred 2/KOYLI 03/07/1937- 12/04/1945. Pioneer Corps 13/04/1945-02/05/1946 BSA. Leeds, Yorkshire
4689721 Lee G. 'Jigger' Wounded. M.M. later in Germany NMNM P. 210
4688494 Lee H E Reported missing 19/06/1942. Located
Lego B
4695497 Pte Leng. Albert. Missing located 19/05/1942. Later served with the C.M.P. (I) BSA. Kirbymoorside. Yorkshire.
Levesley Thomas
4690034 Pte Loader. G. M. Wounded 16/07/1944 NW Europe with 1/4th Btn
Pte Lobban Daniel Died in fire 1967 Lobben
4688831 Pte Lockwood Eric
4690787 Pte Long. Willis BSA. Dewsbury, Yorkshire. D: 1987
4691272 Pte Lucas. John William. BSA. Sheffield. S Yorkshire
L/Cpl Lumb
4688254 Pte Lynch Paddy
4690681 Pte Lyons James, "Tiger" Shot down Jap plane BSA. Dewsbury, W Yorkshire
Lyons Benny Cornet band.
4689350 Magowan Hoffman's best friend
MacAndrew
MacDonald Anglo/Burmese brother to W.A.
4691028 McDonald John Tenor Saxophone band
7264084 Sgt McDonald Patrick Burma 1941-42 transferred to RAMC Dekho! obit 141/2002. Herne Hill, London
Sgt McClung.
4689426 C Coy L/Cpl McGovern. George
Pte McCormack
4696128 Pte McCulley. Missing located. Also served in Europe
McGukin E Dekho! obit 137/2001
4695845 Pte Major. Jim. O.B.E.
Pte Maloney. Band
Marriot
4689626 Pte Mason Ernest Godfrey Signals. Obit Dekho! 120/1996. Blackpool
06/01/1944 4689430 Pte Morris Thomas Died 06/01/1944 South Africa Johannesburg (West Park) Cem
B Coy Mallerson
Maskill
Mannion Eddie Maybe not in the retreat!
4687818 Cpl Mansfield Fred BSA. Dewsbury, W Yorkshire
Pte Matthews W
4689781 Cpl Matthewman Albert Feb 1937 squad. Normandy landings lost leg (not on casualty list) Dekho! obit 120/1996 Redcar
Mayor Jim Photo NMNM page 163
4745049 Cpl Mee Thomas Benjamin Mule & Mortar Platoon. Fitzpatrick's squad. Wounded NW Europe 16/07/1944 with 1/4th Btn. Leeds
4689969 Pte Mee Kenneth
218652 CSM Miller Frank Commissioned during campaign (15/11/1941). NMNM page 120 Boxer. At Taungtha. NMNM page 204
4689424 Milton
4542200 Pte Midwood Harry Dekho! obit 108/90 7 Green Howards Huddersfield
Mitchell
Mitchell Gravely wounded and murdered by the Japs
Moorey Killed Bandsman
Moorey Brother of above Bandsman
4689166 Moore
L/Cpl Morgan Peter M.P. at Mandalay. Later served in Korea. 23488824 BSA. Bournemouth
4870991 Pte MyCock Douglas Haigh Name from G Fitzpatrick BSA. Leek, Staffs. Obit Dekho! 100/1986
MyCock Michael Photo NMNM page 181
4689890 Cpl Nash Eric BSA. Pontefract. Died 1976
Nesdin
C Coy Newton
3712448 Sgt Nicholls John Vernon Christian BSA. Blackpool, Lancs.
O'Connor
O'Grath Danny
Sgt Oliver G Wounded thigh, survived
4689736 Pte Owen J H Wounded
L/Cpl Padget
L/Cpl Palphrawand Wounded
4689423 Patterson
Pte Parle Died Feb 1993
Pte Pearce Best pal to E Duke
4695817 Pte Peckston Jim Died 16/04/1992
827440 L/Sgt Rickleton Robert BSA. Newcastle on Tyne. Died 1987
4690659 Pte Pilbrow W Missing located later
4689808 Pte Pincock J Died 1984
4686647 Sgt Place E Died 1965 Mule section
4691555 Pte Plant. Edward. BSA. Pontefract, Yorkshire
4696156 Pte Pogson. One eye!
CSM Poole.
Brig Poole RGC. With Bde HQ?
22/03/1944 4690711 Pte Potter. Arthur William. KiA with Chindits 22/03/1944 Taukkyan War Cemetery
2/Lt Pope N. S. Fitzpatrick's squad?
L/Cpl Povey Ginger
4690145 Powell Walter Enl 23/11/1936. M.O.. M.P at Kohima
4688699 Cpl Powis At Yenangyaung
4690189 Pte Preston Malcolm Wounded
4688132 Cpl Price Fred Brother of David
4689198 Price David KiA Malaya 24/04/1948
Quinn Maymyo 1939
4389357 Pte Ransome Leslie Clark Dekho! obit 121/1997 Portsmouth
4695771 Richardson Tom J Batman to Captain Tanner
4695772 Richardson Charles Wounded
4827440 Sgt Rickelton Robert Dekho! obit 105/1988 Tyneside
4690516 Pte Riley Harry Wounded
CQMS Riley Docca or Dogger NMNM P. 155
4690077 Pte Riley Tom BSA. Wakefield, Yorks. Died 1976
Mjr Robinson M.C. helped non-swimmers at Sittang
4689168 Cpl Robinson William Reported killed at Prome. Survived BSA. Benton, Newcastle
L/Cpl Roebuck M.M. Helped non swimmers at Sittang
Roebuck Brother to the above
4689709 Pte Rose Samuel Also served in France & Germany BSA. Batley, Yorks
HQ Coy CQMS Rose Tommy
4699709 Pte Rose Victor Died 1990
Rosendorf From group of 50 1941?
Pte Rodgers
4692786 Pte Roper. Leonard. Obit Dekho! 102/1987. BSA. Rotherham, S Yorks.
4690668 Pte Ruding. William Edgar. BSA. Bradford, W Yorkshire
14710673 Pte Rutter. John Warren. Dekho! obit 154/2006. BSA. Kirbymoorside, Yorks
Rye Drummer
4689458. Pte Sarginson. Frank. KiA 27/06/1944 with 6/Green Howards. NWE.
Sarginson. T. Wounded bullet inside leg. (Same as above?)
Senior.
Saffe. Anglo Indian
7629692 Cfm Salt. Frederick John. Dekho! 106 obit. REME & 2/KOYLI. BSA. B: 15/12/1919. D 1989 Derby
2/Lt Sellars. Fitzpatrick's squad
4689261 Sellars
4689257 Pte Scott J Missing located later
4750238 Pte Scott William Later served in the Arakan with the 9th Btn, KOYLI Dekho! Obit 1992. Thackley, Bradford, Yorkshire
4688956 Cpl Shaw G L Wounded
4688986 Pte Shipley George Alfred Dekho! Obit 100/1986 Edmonton
4690323 Bglr Shires Jack BSA. Ossett, Yorks
Sidebottom Len Feb 1937 Squad. Survived accidental fall India Sheffield
4690619 Pte Sidebottom Lawrence BSA. Sheffield, S Yorks
4693537 Pte Simpson Missing Located later. Damaged hand with grenade
4695785 Pte Simpson Walter BSA. South Hiendley, Nr Barnslry, S Yorkshire
4613941 Pte Slee William Wounded late in the campaign (not on casualty list). Photo NMNM P. 181 Obit Dekho! 156/2006. Newcastle On Tyne
5047415 A Coy Shenton Thomas 3 Platoon
4264775 Pte Short. 'Geordie'
4689691 Pte Simms. Arthur
4690349 Pte. Simpson
4542354 L/Cpl Skinn. James Frederick. 2nd KOYLI early 1942 -early 1943. Jungle Warfare instructor at 29 R.F. Camp 1945 BSA. Doncaster. Dekho! Obit 118/1995
4691785 Sgt Smales. George Brown. Born 02/02/1921. Dekho! obit 106/1989. 441 AAD IAOC Wakefield
Pte Smith. Eric. Died 1990
4689547 SSM Smith. James. MID. Dekho! obit 102/1987 BSA. Perth, Scotland
4690535 Smith R Gone down to 6 stone, survived'
4696179 Pte Smith. George. BSA: Wharfdale, Filey, Yorks. D: 09/06/1988
4696174 Pte Smith. John. Brother to George. Unable to cross Sittang
4695737 Pte Snowdon. H. Wounded. Died 1980s
Pte Spibey. Thomas
4690146 Spink. James. Enlisted 23/11/1936
Pte Spooner. Bert. Mike Calvert's V Force
Sgt South. J . M.T.
4689718 Sgt Stanley. W. Died 1987
4689394 Sgt Stead. Harold. KOYLI. 1936-44 BSA. Idle, Bradford, W Yorkshire
4688224 Sgt Steerment. R. M.M. L.G. 28/10/1942. Bilin River withdrawal
4686597 Cpl Stennett. William BSA. Royal Hospital Chelsea
4684365 Mjr Stevenson. J S
Stockburn. Fred. KiA?
Stone. Bob
4689149 Pte Straw.
223473 Capt Tanner Ralph Transport officer Maymyo to Yenangyaung
4689423 Cpl Taylorson George M.M. BSA. Doncaster, S Yorkshire
4689750 CSM Taylor Jack Shillong
4689452 Cpl Telford. J. Died 14/04/1942
4691066 Pte Thomas. Freddy
4688832 Sgt Thompson. Clifford
4689418 Thomlinson PoW?
58709 Lt Throckmorton. N J A. NMNM P. 219, 219
4689431 Sgt Tighe. William. 'Bill'. Appointed bodyguard to Doyle & Chadwick BSA. Longbenton, Newcastle
Topliss. N. Photo NMNM page 142
Lt/Col Tynte R M H KiA
Pte Tunney. Crossed Sittang but too exhausted and was left
Sgt Ullyatt QM stores
4689039 L/Cpl Varlow F Wounded
4691059 Pte Vause Bernard Joseph Later Chindit? Played Clarinet in Band BSA. Pontefract, W Yorkshire
Lt Vallance GRA
62638 2/Lt Vickers Arthur William Neville Langston Stayed at Maymyo. Later Temp Lt-Col. MBE. L.G. 13/06/1946
L/Cpl Waddington
4689548 Pte Walker Robert Wallis
Cpl Walls Tommy
Pte Wallett
4686324 Walsh T
4690288 Pte Waltham Joe Wounded. Later served in Western Europe BSA. Grimethorpe, Nr Barnsley, Yorks. D: 1983
4690613 Pte Waite J Reported missing DNR.
Pte Ward. R. 'Boozer'
4690303 Sgt Wastling. Joseph Henry. 149th Regt RAC, 50th Indian Division. Dekho! obit 123/1997 BSA. Bridlington
Waters. Parni'
Watkinson. Frank
4535543 Cpl Weaver. Harry. M.T.
CSM Weedon. Leg amputated
Sgt Wheeler. T. Wounded Bilin
4690027 Cpl Whelan. Stephen. Wounded after Sittang. Later WO2 BSA. Castleford, Yorkshire. D: 1983
L/Cpl Whinham. Brigadier's batman
4690613 Pte White. J PoW?
4538460 Pte White. Henry Dekho! Obit 108/1990 BSA. Huddersfield. D: Huddersfield, 1989
4533292 Whitfield. S. Tallest man. Died 1988 Bass drum band
4687842 Pte Wilkins. T. Died May 1981
4688690 Pte Widdop. John
4686621 Pte Williams. J
4690822 Pte Williams M Wounded
Cpl Williams. Anglo Indian
4695727 Pte Wilson. Harold. Photo NMNM page 142 BSA. Moortown, Leeds
66557 Lt Wilson J.T.A. MID. L.G. 28/10/1942.
L/Cpl Wilkinson
Cpl Winchard
Winterbotham Ralph Edens No rank or service number on membership form BSA. Nottingham
D Coy Sgt Wood Ernest
4537870 Pte Woodliff Reginald Albert B,E.M. Later attached to Movement Control BSA. Wombwell, Nr Barnsley, S Yorkshire
Lt Woodward U G
4695713 Pte Wyatt E Missing?
Yates Jose

 

I have posted the full list but it is still confusing without the columns. I will add more information as I find it.

 

Hi Simon,

Steve R posted first, so he can be Steve 1. I will send you what I have by email. Give me a while and I will find the POW cards for those KOYLI's I have. Here is what I have recorded in terms of POWs:

 

Steve,

many thanks, that is exactly the sort of information that I am looking for. BTW. I was joking about the numbering.

Simon.

 

Steve,

I have updated my list from your PoW list. I will add Christian names and other details to those on your list and send it back.

Simon

 

Thanks Simon, I will send the POW index cards via email. Here are the 1942 MIA lists, although you might already have these, they are from the WO361 series:

 

Brilliant, many thanks, now I have an excuse not to leave the house as collating these will keep me busy.

 

No problem Simon, I have a favour to ask you in any case Re: 1KLR.

 

Simon,

I'll check the book(s) - I think the story is spread across two volumes.

I'll DM you regarding the chapter(s).

Steve1

 

Battalion Christmas card 1940 sent by 103021 Captain Charles Alexander Fox. The inside sketch appears to be of the Mandalay Palace, (Fort Dufferin).

 

1941 Christmas card sent by Captain Fox but probably sent at least a month earlier. December 1941 was the last Christmas that the 2nd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry ever spent in Burma and nothing would ever be the same again afterwards.

 

Captain Fox was not involved with the fighting in 1941/42 as he was incapacitated with an attack of Polio. He remained at the Alexandra Barracks, the Regimental Depot at Maymyo and was put in charge of the welfare of the wives and children. Later still, he was responsible for leading the 126 sick left behind at the barracks out of Burma and into India, burying the regimental silver en route but retaining the Colours.

Here is an extract from a letter he sent in December 1941.

 

Simon

Volume V of the history does not have any personnel lists. However the narrative contains many names and not just officers. More later....

Steve1