Some of these were passed to me having previously been put together for the Kohima Museum in York, I`ve added a few more to the collection and they are posted here in the hope they will be of interest to some with an interest in the subject ROBERT CASTELL Service Number: 3772744 Regiment & Unit/Ship West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 23 April 1944 Age 23 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 7. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Thomas E. and Georgina M. Castell. GUNNER HARRY BRIERLEY Service Number: 14303095 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Artillery 401 (5th Bn. The Royal Warwickshire Regt.) Bty., 100 Lt. A.A./Anti-Tank Regt. Date of Death Died 28 April 1944 Age 34 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 12. A. 17. India Additional Info Son of Henry and Sarah Jane Brierley; husband of Marion Brierley, of Morecambe, Lancashire. LIEUTENANT ALAN HULME WHITFIELD Service Number: 193380 Regiment & Unit/Ship Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Bn. Date of Death Died 28 April 1944 Age 24 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 1. A. 10. India Additional Info Son of Richard and Ann Whitfield; husband of Beryl Whitfield, of Stoneygate, Leicester. GUNNER ALBERT THORNE Service Number: 908392 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Artillery 88 Field Regt. Date of Death Died 29 April 1943 Age 42 years old Buried or commemorated at CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY 12. A. 12. Thailand CAPTAIN ANTHONY CHARLES PENNINGTON Service Number: 176195 Regiment & Unit/Ship Border Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 05 June 1944 Age 23 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 13. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Charles Frederick and Agnes May Pennington, of Kendal, Westmorland. SERJEANT ARTHUR JAMES MERCER Service Number: 5336281 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 28 May 1944 Age 25 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 7. F. 10. India Additional Info Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Mercer, of Farringdon, Berkshire; husband of Eileen Gelsten Mercer, of Farringdon. GUNNER ARTHUR LEEMING Service Number: 14290081 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Artillery 148 Bty., 43 Lt. A.A. Regt. Date of Death Died 06 May 1944 Age 21 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 3. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Frank and Dora Julia Vincent Leeming, of Accrington, Lancashire. PRIVATE CHARLES EDWARDSON Service Number: 3781712 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Scots 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 28 May 1944 Age 31 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 3. C. 19. India PRIVATE DONALD WILLIAM CAMERON Service Number: 5772054 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Norfolk Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 07 May 1944 Age 23 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 4. K. 10. India Additional Info Son of Allan and Marjorie Cameron, of Earlham Rise, Norwich. PRIVATE ERNEST CARDWELL Service Number: 14405679 Regiment & Unit/Ship West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 23 April 1944 Age 19 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 7. Myanmar Additional Info Son of John Edward and Winifred Cardwell, of Canklow, Rotherham, Yorkshire. TROOPER CHARLES ALFRED STONE Service Number: 5622783 Regiment & Unit/Ship Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. 45th Regt. Date of Death Died 23 April 1944 Age 25 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 1. Myanmar Additional InfoHusband of A. J. Stone, of Loughton, Essex. PRIVATE CHARLES WILLIAM WEBB Service Number: 5127537 Regiment & Unit/Ship The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 11 May 1944 Age 20 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 8. C. 5. India PRIVATE DAVID TROUPE BAXTER Service Number: 14410527 Regiment & Unit/Ship Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 04 May 1944 Age 19 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 7. A. 16. India Additional Info Son of Samuel J. Baxter and Bridgit Baxter, of Vauxhall, Birmingham. MAJOR DENNIS ARTHUR HATCH Service Number: 99829 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Norfolk Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 04 May 1944 Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 2. A. 10. India Awards Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches Additional Info Son of Arthur Edward and Ellen Hatch; husband of Patricia Mildred Hardy Hatch, of Stanmore, Middlesex. PRIVATE EDWARD THOMAS DAVIES Service Number: 5730983 Regiment & Unit/Ship Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 27 April 1944 Age 24 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 7. A. 5. India Additional Info Son of Edward and Alice Louisa Davies, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. GUNNER ERNEST BARKER IVISON Service Number: 1133245 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Artillery 1 Medium Regt. Date of Death Died 25 May 1944 Age 22 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 8. G. 10. India Additional Info Son of Thomas Barker Ivison and Frances Ivison. of Carlisle. MAJOR ERNEST PAUL MESSENGER Service Number: EC/3826 Regiment & Unit/Ship 4th Prince of Wales' Own Gurkha Rifles 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 04 May 1944 Age 23 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 61. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Ernest and Elsie M. Messenger, of Marple, Cheshire. SERJEANT FRANK ELSON OAKES Service Number: 860366 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Artillery 3 Bty., 1 Lt. Regt. Date of Death Died 25 May 1944 Age 26 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 2. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Charles Edward and Jane Oakes, of Bridgnorth, Shropshire. MAJOR FREDERICK PHILIP HARVEY PEARSE Service Number: 113574 Regiment & Unit/Ship Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Bn. Date of Death Died 28 April 1944 Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 1. A. 14. India Additional Info Son of Arthur Ernest Pearse and of Amy Pearse (nee Shattock); husband of Genevieve Pearse (nee de La Chaise), of Hawley, Hampshire. CORPORAL GEORGE EDWARD JAMES LEE Service Number: 4697109 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Armoured Corps 149th (7th Bn. The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) Regt. Date of Death Died 28 April 1944 Age 29 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 8. H. 13. India Additional Info Son of Matthew and Alice Lee, of Canning Town, Essex; husband of Hilda Isabella Lee, of Canning Town. PRIVATE GORDON OLLIER Service Number: 4747298 Regiment & Unit/Ship Worcestershire Regiment 7th Bn. Date of Death Died 14 April 1944 Age 33 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 6. D. 10. India Additional InfoSon of George and Mary Ollier, of Sheffield; husband of Edith Anne Ollier, of Sheffield. FUSILIER HAROLD HENTHORN Service Number: 3453642 Regiment & Unit/Ship Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Bn. Date of Death Died 26 April 1944 Age 27 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 1. B. 11. India Additional Info Husband of Georgina Henthorn, of Hull. LANCE SERJEANT HARRY MILLER Service Number: 821025 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Artillery 10 Field Regt. Date of Death Died 11 April 1944 Age 32 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 6. C. 5. India Additional Info Son of William and Jessica Miller; husband of Gwendoline May Miller, of Broad Clyst, Devon. PRIVATE HENRY CHARLES CARVELL Service Number: 5727223 Regiment & Unit/Ship Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 29 April 1944 Age 25 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 7. K. 9. India Additional Info Son of Edward and Caroline Lucy Carvell, of Longford, Warwickshire. GUNNER HENRY CHARLES HOWLAND Service Number: 781374 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Artillery 1 Medium Regt. Date of Death Died 07 August 1944 Age 35 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 3. A. 20. India Additional Info Son of Henry Charles and Alice Ada Howland; husband of Olive Brown Howland, of West Auckland, Co. Durham. CORPORAL HENRY VINCENT FARLEY Service Number: 5770913 Regiment & Unit/Ship Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. 2nd (6th Bn. The Loyal Regt. (North Lancashire) Regt. Date of Death Died 28 May 1944 Age 31 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 8. G. 4. India Additional Info Son of Arthur Henry and Ellen Farley; husband of Josephine Charlotte Penrose Farley, of Old Amersham, Buckinghamshire. PRIVATE JACK DARLOW Service Number: 3320038 Regiment & Unit/Ship Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 15 April 1944 Age 26 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 5. H. 19. India Additional Info Son of Thomas and Lily Darlow; husband of Irene Darlow. CORPORAL JAMES BLACK MARTIN Service Number: 3060561 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Scots 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 03 May 1944 Age 27 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 3. B. 12. India Additional Info Son of Francis and Elizabeth Black Martin, of Glasgow; husband of Isla McKinley Martin, of Glasgow. PRIVATE JAMES EDWARD OAKDEN Service Number: 5049988 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Norfolk Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 04 May 1944 Age 25 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 2. A. 13. India Additional Info Son of Clifford and Frances Alice Oakden, of Waterhouses, Staffordshire. FUSILIER JOSEPH FLOOD Service Number: 4197454 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Welch Fusiliers 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 05 May 1944 Age 38 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 5. D. 14. India Additional Info Husband of Mary Flood, of West Kirby, Cheshire. PRIVATE JOHN DAVIDSON Service Number: 2824313 Regiment & Unit/Ship Seaforth Highlanders 1st Bn. Date of Death Died Between 17 March 1944 and 18 March 1944 Age 24 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 17. Myanmar PRIVATE JOHN FREDERICK COLLIS Service Number: 5728872 Regiment & Unit/Ship Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 04 June 1944 Age 27 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 7. C. 15. India Additional Info Son of William Arthur and Charlotte Florence Collis, of Highbury, London. PRIVATE JOHN HENRY FRADGLEY Service Number: 5254814 Regiment & Unit/Ship Worcestershire Regiment 7th Bn. Date of Death Died 09 June 1944 Age 27 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 5. C. 8. India Additional Info Son of John and Eliza Fradgley; husband of Ivy Doreen Fradgley, of Woodsetton, Staffordshire. CAPTAIN JOHN NORFOLK ROSTRON Service Number: 160864 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Welch Fusiliers 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 22 April 1944 Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 9. Myanmar LANCE CORPORAL LOUIS IZZIO Service Number: 5344632 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 23 April 1944 Age 28 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 7. J. 5. India Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Izzio; husband of Bridget Izzio, of Youghal, Co. Cork, Irish Republic. CAPTAIN MICHAEL ANDREW MORICE Service Number: 197212 Regiment & Unit/Ship Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 28 May 1944 Age 30 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 7. K. 5. India Additional Info Son of Henry Chalmers Morice and Elsie Louise Morice; husband of Harriet Marie Morice, of West Hampstead, London. FUSILIER PERCIVAL JOHN SAUNDERSON Service Number: 14433126 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 11 June 1944 Age 23 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY Coll. grave 1. C. 1A and 1-26. India Additional Info Son of George and Margaret Saunderson, of Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. # CAPTAIN PETER AUSTEN LEADLEY BROWN Service Number: EC/1498 Regiment & Unit/Ship Assam Regiment Date of Death Died 06 April 1944 Age 32 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 4. H. 10. India Additional Info Son of James Francis Leadley Brown and Edith Charlotte Brown, of Kokstad, Cape Province, South Africa. PRIVATE PHILIP SNOWDEN CALCOTT Service Number: 5729649 Regiment & Unit/Ship Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 14 April 1944 Age 24 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 7. K. 18. India SERJEANT PHILLIP HARRY SAUNDERS Service Number: 5254807 Regiment & Unit/Ship Worcestershire Regiment 7th Bn. Date of Death Died 15 April 1944 Age 26 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 5. C. 17. India Additional Info Son of Charles and Annie Saunders, of Birmingham; husband of Winifred Saunders, of Birmingham. TROOPER REGINALD SPENCER Service Number: 7044645 Regiment & Unit/Ship Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. 2nd (6th Bn. The Loyal Regt. (North Lancashire) Regt. Date of Death Died 27 May 1944 Age 28 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 8. H. 3. India Additional Info Son of John and Florence Spencer, of Aston, Birmingham. PRIVATE RICHARD HERBERT HOYLE Service Number: 13045247 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 12 May 1944 Age 30 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 7. J. 10. India Additional Info Son of Arthur and Mabel Hoyle, of Chorley, Lancashire. CAPTAIN RICHARD LYDMAR MOLINE PURSER Service Number: 74659 Regiment & Unit/Ship Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 07 June 1944 Age 26 years old Buried or commemorated at IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY 7. H. 24. India Additional Info Son of Colonel Lydmar Moline Purser and Hilda Mary Purser, of Bosham, Sussex; husband of Vera Florence Purser. # CORPORAL ROBERT ARTHUR LYNN Service Number: 4981235 Regiment & Unit/Ship Essex Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 05 May 1944 Age 30 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 11. A. 2. India Additional Info Son of Archibald and Beatrice M. Lynn, of West Bridgford, Nottingham. SERJEANT ROBERT ARTHUR RAEBURN Service Number: 3192346 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Scots 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 28 May 1944 Age 24 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 3. C. 18. India PRIVATE ROBIN EDWARD JACK MYNOTT Service Number: 14577051 Regiment & Unit/Ship Suffolk Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 19 May 1944 Age 21 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 7. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Henry John and Beatrice Mary Mynott, of Shingay, Cambridgeshire. PRIVATE SIMON LUMSDEN Service Number: 14563626 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Scots 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 10 June 1944 Age 28 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 3. B. 8. India Additional Info Son of Alex and Elizabeth Lumsden, of Bathgate, West Lothian; husband of Annie H. Lumsden, of Bathgate. PRIVATE TOM LINLEY Service Number: 13102171 Regiment & Unit/Ship West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 05 May 1944 Age 34 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 8. Myanmar Additional Info Husband of E. Linley, of Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire. TROOPER WALTER LANCELOT KENNETH ALMOND Service Number: 7904760 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Armoured Corps "A" Sqn. 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) Date of Death Died 13 May 1944 Age 24 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 1. Myanmar Additional Info Son of W. W. Lance Almond and K. Almond, of Ramsgate, Kent. PRIVATE WILLIAM GEORGE SKELTON Service Number: 3662252 Regiment & Unit/Ship The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 08 May 1944 Age 32 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 8. C. 2. India Additional Info Son of William and Florence Skelton, of Liverpool; husband of Anne Skelton, of Liverpool. TROOPER WILLIAM JOHN LAIRD Service Number: 10603163 Regiment & Unit/Ship Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. 2nd (6th Bn. The Loyal Regt. (North Lancashire) Regt. Date of Death Died 11 May 1944 Age 22 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 6. A. 9. India Additional Info Son of William and Ann Henry Laird, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. CORPORAL WILLIAM ROBERTSON KELLY Service Number: 3061311 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Scots 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 06 May 1944 Age 30 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 3. C. 7. India Additional Info Son of Andrew Kirkwood Kelly and Isabella Robertson Kelly, of Edinburgh; husband of Mary Kelly, of Edinburgh
Found a few more. PRIVATE DONALD WILLIAM THOMAS THOMPSON Service Number: 14325577 Regiment & Unit/Ship The King's Regiment (Liverpool) 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 24 May 1944 Age 19 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 6. Myanmar PRIVATE DONALD WISE Service Number: 5730036 Regiment & Unit/Ship The King's Regiment (Liverpool) 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 21 May 1944 Age 24 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 6. Myanmar PRIVATE JESSE HIGSON Service Number: 3718771 Regiment & Unit/Ship The King's Regiment (Liverpool) 13th Bn. Date of Death Died 20 May 1944 Age 21 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 5. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Jesse and Eleanor Higson, of Blackpool, Lancashire. LANCE SERJEANT JOSEPH JOHN HIRONS Service Number: 5108879 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Engineers 54 Special Field Coy. Date of Death Died 03 July 1944 Age 29 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 3. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Mary Ann Hirons, of Dunchurch, Warwickshire. SERJEANT ALBERT PLATT Service Number: 3659939 Regiment & Unit/Ship West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 25 March 1945 Age 32 years old Buried or commemorated at TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY 21. C. 24. Myanmar Additional Info Son of William and Ellen Platt, of Rainhill, Lancashire; husband of Jane Platt, of Rainhill. CAPTAIN CIARAN JOSEPH GANNON Service Number: 150974 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Army Medical Corps Date of Death Died 22 March 1944 Age 29 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 18. Myanmar Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 2nd Bn. Border Regiment Additional Info Son of James J. A. and Bridget Gannon, of Rathmines, Dublin, Irish Republic. M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O. (National University of Ireland). PRIVATE ERIC HORACE HOLDER Service Number: 5728831 Regiment & Unit/Ship Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 27 April 1944 Age 26 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 7. D. 2. India Additional Info Son of Christy Walter and Lilian Elizabeth Holder, of Leckhampton, Gloucestershire PRIVATE JAMES CARROLL Service Number: 3531785 Regiment & Unit/Ship Manchester Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 09 May 1944 Age 24 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 9. B. 8. India Additional Info Son of Patrick Joseph and Ellen Carroll, of Cabra, Dublin, Irish Republic. PRIVATE CYRIL JOHN BIRD Service Number: 14557254 Regiment & Unit/Ship Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 27 April 1944 Age 19 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 7. A. 9. India Additional Info Son of John and Evelyn May Bird, of Chittlehampton, Devon. MAJOR GEORGE ALLAN BURNETT Service Number: 87732 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Artillery 100 (The Gordon Highlanders) Lt. A.A./Anti-Tank Regt. Date of Death Died 28 April 1944 Age 23 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 8. G. 14. India Additional Info Son of George and Helen Burnett, of Aberdeen. PRIVATE JACK DARLOW Service Number: 3320038 Regiment & Unit/Ship Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 15 April 1944 Age 26 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 5. H. 19. India Additional Info Son of Thomas and Lily Darlow; husband of Irene Darlow. Kyle
Last batch I have for now., CAPTAIN IAN EDGAR MacPHERSON Service Number: IA/1372 Regiment & Unit/Ship 6th Gurkha Rifles 3rd Bn. Date of Death Died 18 April 1944 Age 24 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 66. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Murdoch A. and Iowa B. MacPherson, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. CRAFTSMAN CECIL JASON GENTRY Service Number: 7593961 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Date of Death Died 02 May 1943 Age 32 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 19. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Thomas Henry Stow Gentry and Lilian Mary Gentry, of Colchester, Essex; husband of Martha Florence Gentry, of Old Heath, Colchester. FUSILIER ERNEST REES Service Number: 3967858 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Welch Fusiliers 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 28 May 1944 Age 23 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 9. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Walter and Ann Rees, of Burry Port, Carmarthenshire. PRIVATE GEORGE HARRY JOHN ANDREWS Service Number: 4806709 Regiment & Unit/Ship West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 12 March 1944 Age 29 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 7. Myanmar LIEUTENANT REGINALD GEORGE SCOTT Service Number: 315055 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Artillery Date of Death Died 23 April 1944 Age 25 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 2. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Cecil and Ethel Florence Scott, of Stoke Newington, London. FUSILIER FRANK HOLDEN Service Number: 3453100 Regiment & Unit/Ship Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Bn. Date of Death Died 07 May 1944 Age 25 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 1. B. 22. India Son of Isaac & Annie Holden. of address: Rochdale, (Wellfield Inn), Lancashire, England. LIEUTENANT ALEC GEORGE HORWOOD Service Number: 165583 Regiment & Unit/Ship The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Date of Death Died 21 January 1944 Age 30 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 4. Myanmar Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment Country of Service United Kingdom Awards Victoria Cross, Distinguished Conduct Medal Additional Info Son of George Alfred and Florence Emma Horwood; husband of Madeline Horwood, of Yeovil, Somerset. Additional Citation note The citation in the London Gazette of 30th March, 1944, gives the following details: At Kyauchaw, in Burma, on 18th January, 1944, Lieutenant Horwood with his forward mortar observation post accompanied the forward company of the Northamptonshire Regt. into action against a Japanese defended locality. Throughout that day he lay in an exposed position under intense fire and effectively shot his own mortars and those of a half-troop of another unit, returning at night with valuable information about the enemy. The following day he moved forward with another company, and from an observasion post which he established on a precipitous ridge, directed accurate mortar fire in support of two attacks. He also deliberately drew enemy fire upon himself, so that the fresh company he was with could see the Japanese positions. That night he remained on the ridge, and on the morning of 20th January again directed mortar fire in support of an attack. In the afternoon, while leading another attack, he was mortally wounded at point-blank range. Lieutenant Horwood set the highest example of bravery and devotion to duty, to which all ranks responded magnificently. His cool calculated actions during these three days, coupled with his bravery, very largely contributed to the ultimate success of the operation and the capture on 24th January of the Japanese position. PRIVATE RANDOLPH PARKER Service Number: 14541921 Regiment & Unit/Ship Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 14 June 1944 Age 21 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 15. Myanmar Additional Info Son of John Francis and Frances Wilhelmina Parker, of Foxton, Leicestershire. TROOPER JOHN HOLDEN Service Number: 3857187 Regiment & Unit/Ship Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. 2nd (6th Bn. The Loyal Regt. (North Lancashire) Regt. Date of Death Died 15 June 1944 Age 24 years old Buried or commemorated at KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY 8. D. 10. India Additional Info Son of James and Emma Letitia Holden; husband of Eliza Holden, of Chequerbent, Lancashire. PRIVATE GEORGE SQUIRRELL Service Number: 3712167 Regiment & Unit/Ship Border Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 28 March 1944 Age 22 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 14. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Richard Squirrell, and of Barbara Squirrell, of Lancaster. PRIVATE GEORGE HARRY JOHN ANDREWS Service Number: 4806709 Regiment & Unit/Ship West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 12 March 1944 Age 29 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 7. Myanmar PRIVATE KENNETH BUCKLEY Service Number: 4691029 Regiment & Unit/Ship King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 15 May 1942 Age 19 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 16. Myanmar Additional Info Son of George and Emily Buckley, of Kinsley, Yorkshire. LANCE SERJEANT FRANK BASHFORTH Service Number: 4743481 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Artillery 67 H.A.A. Regt. Date of Death Died 06 September 1944 Age 33 years old Buried or commemorated at IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY 2. D. 9. India Additional Info Son of John William and Annie Bashforth, of Rotherham, Yorkshire; husband of Edna Bashforth. of Rotherham. Kyle
Some mention of Tpr Almond 3 Carbs here: 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) Nominal Roll. | WW2Talk
From the second section of photographs, we have four soldiers from the second Chindit expedition: Donald William Thompson (1st King's Liverpool) who was lost during the retreat from the Blackpool block in late May 1944. Donald Wise (1st King's Liverpool) who was killed as his column marched from the Broadway landing area towards the Blackpool block. Jesse Higson was listed missing as of 25th May 1944. Once again, he was likely lost during the abandonment of the Blackpool stronghold. I also strongly suspect that he was a survivor of Operation Longcloth from the year before. Although I have no evidence of this, John Hirons most likely served with 54 Coy RE which formed part of 16th Brigade on Operation Thursday.
I believe that Ian Edgar MacPherson was the commander of Brigadier Calvert's Gurkha Defence Platoon. Each Brigade commander on Operation Thursday had what was in effect a Gurkha bodyguard. MacPherson led this platoon for Calvert and was present at the battle of Pagoda Hill in March 1944 (see link below), which was a brutal hand-to-hand engagement with the Japanese, clearing the way to establish the famous Chindit block named White City. George A Cairns VC - victoriacross In his book Fighting Mad, Calvert recounts MacPherson's death whilst a Chindit striking force were attempting to attack the Japanese base at Mawlu (near White City) in retaliation for the enemy's thrusts against the Chindit stronghold. He tells of MacPherson being shot in the head as he led his section against the enemy. This death affected Calvert greatly, to the point that his 2 I/C had to lead him forcibly away from the action.
Really glad the photographs drew some attention /interest .Scrounged a few more :- WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II ALBERT EDWARD CHAPMAN Service Number: 5248910 Regiment & Unit/Ship Worcestershire Regiment 7th Bn. Date of Death Died 08 February 1945 Age 30 years old Buried or commemorated at TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY 25. A. 3. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Thomas Chapman, and of Mary Elizabeth Chapman, of Kersal, Lancashire. PRIVATE ANTHONY SAMUEL RUSSELL Service Number: 14203043 Regiment & Unit/Ship Border Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 23 March 1945 Age 22 years old Buried or commemorated at TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY Joint grave 27. A. 21-22. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Samuel Edward and Maude Russell, of Egremont, Cumberland. FUSILIER EDWARD GRAINGER Service Number: 6410275 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 10 January 1943 Age 22 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 11. Myanmar FUSILIER HUGH DOLBEN Service Number: 4194646 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Welch Fusiliers 2nd Bn. Date of Death Died 11 January 1945 Age 29 years old Buried or commemorated at TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY 27. B. 4. Myanmar Additional Info Son of William and Mary Elizabeth Dolben, of Bryn, Merionethshire. LANCE CORPORAL JOSEPH TATTERSALL Service Number: 3657641 Regiment & Unit/Ship Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Bn. Date of Death Died 03 June 1944 Age 27 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 8. Myanmar Additional Info Son of John and Agnes Tattersall; husband of Alice Tattersall, of Failsworth, Lancashire. PRIVATE JOSEPH WILLIAM HALL Service Number: 14417042 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 10 March 1945 Age 20 years old Buried or commemorated at TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY 18. F. 20. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Hall, of South Wigston, Leicestershire. CORPORAL SAMUEL MARTIN Service Number: 6977570 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 24 April 1942 Age 27 years old Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 11. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Samuel and Sarah Martin, of Knockcloghrim, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland. CAPTAIN ROBERT BASIL SPREAD Service Number: 156267 Regiment & Unit/Ship Devonshire Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 23 March 1945 Age 25 years old Buried or commemorated at TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY 25. G. 1. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Lt.-Col. Eustace John William Spread and Norah Nell Spread, of Copthorne, Sussex. PRIVATE VINCENT O'NEILL Service Number: 4034936 Regiment & Unit/Ship South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 18 March 1944 Age 24 years old Buried or commemorated at TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY 6. B. 14. Myanmar Additional Info Son of Patrick and Edith Lilian O'Neill, of Whalley Range, Manchester; husband of Priscilla O'Neill. CAPTAIN WILLIAM COCKBURN LUKE Service Number: EC/9200 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Indian Army Service Corps Date of Death Died 05 May 1946 Age 34 years old Buried or commemorated at TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY 21. J. 11. Myanmar Additional Info Son of William Buckham Luke and Margaret Ker Cockburn Luke, of Kirkcaldy, Fife. Kyle
7593961 CRAFTSMAN CECIL JASON GENTRY served with the Light Aid Detachment of 130th Field Regiment RA. The LAD had established itself at Kanyindan (on the southern edge of Maungdaw), just to the east of 'F' Troop 494 Battery, and was working flat out to repair several vehicles and a pair of 25-pounders that had been previously damaged by enemy action. Cecil Gentry was wounded on 1 May 1943 during a Japanese air-raid on the artillery positions; he died of his wounds at Maungdaw CCS the next day. On the morning of 1st May the Maungdaw docks were burning fiercely, the result of a raid the previous day that had struck a petrol dump at the jetty and set thousands of gallons of fuel ablaze. As the fire ran out of control black smoke belched across the Naf River estuary, visible for miles and doing little for the morale of troops patrolling the Mayu Range to the south. Another raid came in at midday, this targeting the artillery positions just east of the docks at Kanyindan. Again the flak put up by ack-ack guns failed to dissuade the bombers. They unleashed a mixed load of anti-personnel and incendiary munitions across the suburb and directly onto areas occupied by 130 Field. Another inferno resulted. Dozens of bamboo bashas caught alight and soon the whole area was aflame, a stockpile of mortar bombs causing huge secondary explosions. Great bravery was displayed as the Lowlanders battled the fire and strove to save men and materiel. The Light Aid Detachment was in the eye of the storm, putting vital equipment lined up for repair at risk of destruction. Gunner Caldwell, a cook from Regimental Headquarters, rolled fifteen full petrol drums away from the fuel store moments before the flames reached it. Other men rescued a pair of 25-pounders, dragging them clear with their tyres blazing to extinguish them before the carriages were wrecked. A gun tractor and two 15-cwt trucks were gutted; the loss of a wireless set carried on one of the trucks was a particular blow. By early evening, when most of the fires had been tamed or were burning themselves out, another raid hit half a mile east—carried out, inexplicably, by the RAF. Six Blenheims released bombs over the area in error which, Ronnie Nicholson remarked with typical understatement, “rather annoyed us as we felt we had had enough for the day”. 130 Field lost heavily from the Japanese attack. Fred Tozer of 494 Battery was killed instantly by a bomb that obliterated his slit-trench in the gun area, as was Douglas MacDonald, a driver from Regimental Headquarters delivering a truck to the Light Aid Detachment for servicing. Cecil Gentry (one of the LAD’s mechanics) and George Cook (a gun-fitter on the strength of ‘B’ Troop) were rushed to the Casualty Clearing Station on Maungdaw Island but died of their wounds soon after. Three other men of RHQ and three from the LAD were taken away with blast and burn injuries. Four gunners from 494 Battery were evacuated suffering from shock. Funerals were held for Tozer and MacDonald, Pipe Major McGhee once again called upon to play Flowers of the Forest for his fallen comrades as they were laid to rest in temporary graves near RHQ. The infantry ammunition dumps burned and burst through the night, though the artillery stocks of charges and cartridges piled north of the main road fortunately escaped untouched.
Vincent O'Neill was another soldier who served on Chindit 2 with the 1st South Staffordshire Regiment. He was killed during the establishment of the White City block, a few days after the battle for Pagoda Hill (see photograph taken in 2008).
RANDOLPH PARKER Private: Service Number: 14541921 1st Bn.Northamptonshire Regiment Died 14 June 1944 Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL - Face 15. Age 21 years old. Son of John Francis and Frances Wilhelmina Parker, of Foxton, Leicestershire. Pte Parker was killed in the attack on Dome on 14 June 1944. It was a costly attack for the Northamptons and also 3/8 Gurkhas who were the second Battalion involved. A number of bodies were not recovered but Parker does not figure in the Missing Personnel file so it is likely he was buried but the grave was not found subsequently. I have attached some pages from the Regimental History by Jervois and a photo of the terrain I took in 2015 from Pt 5846. Dome is the last but one hill in the distance.
JOSEPH JOHN HIRONS Lance Serjeant - Service Number: 5108879 Royal Engineers - 54 Special Field Coy. Died 03 July 1944 Buried or commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL Face 3. Age 29 years old. Son of Mary Ann Hirons, of Dunchurch, Warwickshire. Steve: Hope this is of interest to you given your query above.
Another one from Findagrave . Medals recently on E-Bay 14397514 Pte James Henry Tocker died 4.6.44. He was in the 7th Bn Leicestershire Regiment, PTE JAMES HENRY TOCKER Service Number: 14397514 Regiment & Unit/Ship Leicestershire Regiment 7th Bn. Date of Death Died 04 June 1944 Age 26 years old Buried or commemorated at TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY 13. D. 19. Myanmar Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder Country of Service United Kingdom Additional Info Son of John and Helen Tocker, of Wyken, Coventry; husband of Marjorie Tocker. Personal Inscription THOUGH IN A FOREIGN LAND YOU LIE, MEMORIES OF YOU NEVER DIE. WIFE AND MOTHER CAPTAIN JAMES WILLIAM YOUNGERService Number: 160037 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Armoured Corps 1st Lothians and Border Horse Date of Death Died 17 March 1945 Age 25 years old Buried or commemorated at TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY 20. A. 5. Myanmar Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Indian Armoured Corps Country of Service United Kingdom Additional Info Son of Capt. James Younger and Margaret Reid Younger, of Edinburgh. Personal Inscription "BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD" Kyle
James Henry Tocker was a Chindit soldier with No. 74 Column (14th Brigade) on Operation Thursday. He died whilst his column were patrolling the west banks of the Indawgyi Lake, a location from where casualties were being flown/evacuated back to India.
