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 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. See 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 Major Haughton. George William. Coy commander. Rangoon Memorial
18/02/1942 4695868 Pte Hill. Sykes Cooper. 'Sam'. Reported missing 18/02/1942. PoW. BSA. Mirfield, Yorkshire
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. Joseph 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. D.S.O. 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/Major 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, Yorkshire
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, Yorkshire
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. Author 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. Intelligence 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. Francis. Reported missing 08/03/1942. Located 17/05/1942
08/03/1942 4695792 Pte May. Thomas. 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. Reported Missing 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. Ronald. '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. John. Reported wounded 13/03/1942. PoW
15/02/1942 4689961 Pte Jackson. William Herbert. 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. Harold. 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 Supply Depot Fire. Taukkyan War Cemetery
19/04/1942 104934 Lt Phillips. Melville. Qtr Master, '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 Major 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 Arthur 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. John. Reported missing. Reported in error. Mentioned by Sgt W Butcher
20/03/1943 4690005 Pte Wild. John Henry. Died 20/03/1943. Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cemetery
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. John. Wounded in action. D.N.R.
4684802 Pte Armitage. Alec. Enlisted 1936. Served until the 1960s.
4689157 Pte Ashmore. Jack
4690540 Pte Ashton. Thomas William. Wounded DNR
4688264 Pte Baggaley. John Henry
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 Mee's best friend
2041156 Pte Barker. Ernest, Edward. Obit Dekho! 135/2000. BSA. Okehampton, Devon
4687506 L/Cpl Barrow John (Jack). Married Kathleen Crook, Maymyo, 1959
4689819 A Coy Pte Barton. Job.
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, Near 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, Leicestershire
4688995 Pte Blezzard. Joseph Edward. Later served North West Europe.
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. Fred. Squad February 1937. Later 7th Btn Parachute Regt. France & Germany.
Broadbent. Robert. "Bob". Dispatch Rider. Possibly 3387967 East Lancashire Regt
L/Cpl Bryans. Anglo Burmese
4687309 Pte Bubb. W. H. Wounded DNR
Cpl Buckley. Bob. Incident with Bren gun
4683620 Sgt (A/Q.M.S.) Butler. James Albert. M.M. L.G. 28/10/1942. Hornsea, Yorks.
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 Major 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
Major Clarke. RAMC
4608882 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. Charles 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, York & Lancs. 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. Obit 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
4688410 Pte Dunning. C. 20 Duke Street, Tanshelf, Pontefract
4689415 Pte Durdey. C. Wounded DNR
WO2 Dyson. J R
4689364 Sgt Dransfield. Harry. 'Benny'. Carried Captain 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. M.M. 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. Robert. Wounded DNR. 4 Wingham Terrace, Manor Street, Leeds 7
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, near 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 Yorkshire
4692730 L/Cpl Harrison. S K
Hawksworth. Benny
4690946 B Coy Pte Hawke. George Edward. "Sparrow" BSA. Barnsley, S Yorkshire
4690358 Pte Hayes. Alexander Frederick.
4689268 D Coy Cpl Healey. Douglas. Pushed wounded on rafts at Sittang BSA. Thorne, S Yorkshire
2059603 Pte Helstrip. Ronald Joseph. 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 Australia 1988
4690144 Pte Hillyard. William. Gave water bottle 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
4537244 Pte Hocker. Joseph
4537245 Pte Hocker. Fred
Holgate. Ralph
Holgarth. Daniel
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 Captain Hotham. P
2/Lt Horrobin. Name from G. Fitzpatrick
4690154 Pte Houghton. Bert. Feb 1937 squad
4688030 Pte Hough. William Henry.
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. Orderly 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.
4688742 Cpl Kenning. Dennis. 70 Parliament Street, Goole, Yorkshire
Knaggs. G. Mule Transport
Pte Lacey. Rogue. NMNM P. 208
Laffay. Battalion 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
4688089 Cpl Lay. Arthur Edward William. 13 Dugdale Road, Parson Cross, Sheffield
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.
4688685. Pte Lester. F G
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) Cemetery
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. Ronald. Later served with C.M.P. North West Europe. One eye!
CSM Poole.
Brig Poole. R G C. 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. Enlisted 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
Rawson. Daniel. Married Zena Phyllis Taylor, 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
Major 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
4690488 Pte. Roebuck. James Henry. 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 Yorkshire.
4690668 Pte Ruding. William Edgar. BSA. Bradford, W Yorkshire
14710673 Pte Rutter. John Warren. Dekho! obit 154/2006. BSA. Kirbymoorside, Yorkshire
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 Bugler Shires. Jack. BSA. Ossett, Yorkshire
Sidebottom. Len. Feb 1937 Squad. Survived accidental fall India. Sheffield
4690619 Pte Sidebottom. Lawrence. BSA. Sheffield, S Yorkshire
4693537 Pte Simpson. Missing Located later. Damaged hand with grenade
4695785 Pte Simpson. Walter. BSA. South Hiendley, Near 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. Tom
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. George. 'Gone down to 6 stone, survived'
4696179 Pte Smith. George. BSA: Wharfdale, Filey, Yorkshire. 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 Pte Spink. James. Enlisted 23/11/1936
4689102 Pte Spooner. Herbert Robert. 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. Robert William. M.M. L.G. 28/10/1942. Bilin River withdrawal
4686597 Cpl Stennett. William. BSA. Royal Hospital Chelsea
4689322 Pte Stephenson. Ernest. Later C.M.P.
4684365 Major Stevenson. J S
Stockburn. Fred. KiA?
Stone. Bob
4689147 Pte Straw. Joseph
223473 Capt Tanner. Ralph Esmond Selby. Transport officer Maymyo to Yenangyaung
4689423 Cpl Taylorson. George. M.M. BSA. Doncaster, S Yorkshire
4689750 CSM Taylor. Jack. Shillong
4689452 Cpl Telford. Jack. Married Winifred A Cooper, Maymyo, 1939. 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
4688885 Pte Tudor. Thomas. Later Royal Artillery
Pte Tunney. Crossed Sittang but too exhausted and was left
Lt/Col Tynte R M H. KiA
Sgt Ullyatt. QM stores
4689039 L/Cpl Varlow. Fred. Wounded
4691059 Pte Vause. Bernard Joseph. Later Chindit? Played Clarinet in Band BSA. Pontefract, W Yorkshire
40678 Lt. Vallance. Guy Richard Aymer
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
4692771 Pte Wallett. George
4686324 Walsh. T
4690288 Pte Waltham. Joe. Wounded. Later served in Western Europe BSA. Grimethorpe, Near Barnsley, Yorkshire. 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'
4696222 Pte Watkinson. Franklin
4688722 Pte Watson. Cyril. Later served in Western Europe
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 Henry. 48 Fitzgerald Street, Manchester Road, Bradford
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.
4690638 Pte Winterbotham. Ralph Edens. BSA. Nottingham
D Coy Sgt Wood. Ernest.
4537870 Pte Woodliff. Reginald Albert. B.E.M. Later attached to Movement Control. BSA. Wombwell, Near Barnsley, S Yorkshire
4688763 Pte Woods. Stanley. Later served North West Europe
Lt. Woodward. U G
4695713 Pte Wyatt. Ernest. Missing?
4690108 Pte Yates. J. (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