I visited Thailand way back in 1988 and walked around both Chungkai and Kanchanaburi CWGC's. I saw several Recce Troopers Badges and as my father was a Recce man I took photographs. I am afraid that the quality is not good as I only had a Canon Sureshot at the time and the photographs are scanned. The first four shots are of Chungkai. The last three shots are from Kanchanaburi. I hope that they may come in handy for anyone out there. Regards Tom
This also may be of interest. IN MEMORY OF 18th (5th Bn. The Loyal Regt.) Reconnaissance Corps [294] AARON, A 4133199 02/06/1943 ADCOCK, H 5772198 12/09/1944 AINSCOUGH, J 3857074 21/09/1944 AINSWORTH, H 3859188 14/10/1943 ALEXANDER, A 3857282 29/10/1943 ALLEN, R 4133376 01/09/1945 ALLEN, A 3859193 31/08/1943 ANNETT, WL 5670376 17/07/1945 ASHCROFT, W 3858398 06/09/1943 ASTLEY, H 3859194 21/09/1944 BAGSHAW, R 3859199 05/04/1945 BAILEY, A 4133535 01/05/1945 BAILEY, FW 3861786 21/11/1943 BAKER, L 4133249 26/06/1944 BARNES, F 3855807 10/09/1943 BARROW, H 3859211 12/08/1945 BARRY, M 6915422 22/06/1945 BAXENDALE, JH 3859139 15/09/1943 BAXTER, S 3859205 07/02/1945 BEARDSWORTH, B 3859094 28/08/1945 BENNETT, C 3859203 01/08/1945 BERVOETS, WJB 4132790 12/10/1943 BIRCHALL, F 6918591 14/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 BIRCHALL, E 3856261 08/06/1943 BIRD, G 4201196 24/08/1943 BLINKHORN, R 3865286 31/07/1943 BOOTH, L 3859204 27/02/1945 BOOTH, E 4133284 12/09/1944 BOOTH, W 4133444 15/02/1943 BOOTS, WJH 4133281 05/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 BOURN, J 3858362 21/07/1945 BRACEGIRDLE, C 3857709 07/07/1943 BRADLEY, E 3859146 15/09/1943 BREEN, T 3865282 14/02/1942 BRENCHLEY, APV 6914780 29/08/1945BROOKSBANK, A 3858375 04/08/1942 BROWN, T 3859202 17/12/1943 BROWN, G 4133231 23/07/1943 BROWN, T 3846310 30/10/1943 BRYAN, JH 3856743 01/10/1942 BURROWS, E 3857284 09/10/1943 BURROWS, W 3449993 14/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 BURROWS, WF 6915268 15/02/1942 BURTON, H 3860418 05/06/1943 BUSBY, FG 6914786 03/04/1942 BUTTERWORTH, JA 4132875 12/09/1944 CALDERLEY, J 3857157 11/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 CALVER, LJ 5775170 02/06/1943 CAMPBELL, C 4133286 17/08/1945 CARR, E 3857355 15/02/1942 CASWELL, T 3865410 07/10/1943 CHALLINOR, TF 3858014 06/11/1943 CHALK, RC. Rev 4th Cl. 21/03/1942 CHECKETTS, J 4133253 17/06/1943 CHEESEBOROUGH, A 3521006 14/07/1943 CLARK, E 3857724 13/02/1942 CLARK, JH 6919587 13/08/1944 CLARKE, CG 3859213 09/02/1943 CLULEY, GA 6915050 05/02/1942 CONNOLLY, A 3859220 31/07/1943 COOKE, J 4133233 18/06/1943 CROMPTON, AM 3859212 02/08/1943 CROSTON, J 3865450 05/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 CULLEN, F 6918678 02/09/1943 DAVIS, BA 4796850 05/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 DEAN, G 3864922 14/05/1945 DEARDEN, J 4132744 24/09/1943 DEARDEN, J 3856664 18/08/1943 DENTON, HW 6918686 12/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 DENYER, WC 6918688 29/11/1943 DIXON, RW 69985 05/02/1942 DONOVAN, THP 6915460 01/08/1943 DOOTSON, J 3857390 24/06/1945 DUNNING, GE 3859176 21/09/1944 ECCLES, W 3859133 22/10/1943 EDEN, G 3859227 12/09/1944 EDWARDS, W 3528636 28/06/1945 EMMOTT, D 3859125 06/05/1944 FALLOWES, RV 6918712 03/12/1943 FARISH, J 3859150 23/08/1943 FEASEY, DT 6918314 07/02/1942 FILLARY F 7633742, 17/02/1942 FINAN, J 3860915 31/05/1943 FISHWICK, JH 3859232 10/02/1942 - 11/02/1942 FLETCHER, H 3857076 18/08/1945 FORSTER, HR 6914842 23/10/1943 FOSTER, G 4972672 19/10/1943 FOSTER, R 3865414 14/09/1944 FRANCIS, WH 4132903 12/09/1944 GABBATT, GH 3859107 14/02/1945 GALLAGHER, MF 3857183 04/12/1944 GEARY, WW 3859245 29/12/1942 GIBBONS, ACG 6914847 01/08/1945 GILDERT, J 3858028 05/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 GILLETT, T 3859189 07/06/1943 GILLIVER, WNJ 3859238 27/05/1943 GORTON, PB 6914849 12/09/1944 GRANT, WCH 3851935 05/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 GRANT, GA 3859241 03/08/1945 GRAY, C 3856815 26/11/1943 GREEN, JR 3858364 24/10/1943 GREEN, J 3857202 03/10/1943 GREENHALGH, W 726807 02/12/1943 GREGORY, E 3856089 09/07/1943 GRIFFITHS, WJD 3859151 15/02/1942 GROOM T 3782380, 05/09/1943 GRUNDY, H 3859239 13/08/1945 HALFPENNY, F 3534133 14/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 HALLETT, L 6914855 15/12/1943 HANSON, A 3859259 10/02/1942 HARGREAVES, JW 3858385 13/10/1943 HARRIS, B 3855874 06/12/1944 HARTLEY, SS 4978672 14/02/1942 HARTSHORN, JF 3859251 15/02/1942 HARWOOD, AR 3858036 16/08/1943 HAYNES, N 3857326 17/01/1944 HAYSTON, J 3857664 07/07/1943 HEWITT, S 3534995 03/01/1944 HICKEY, H 3534150 05/07/1943 HILL, BL 130134 26/05/1943 HINKS, J 3859256 13/08/1943 HODGSON, J 3710938 05/02/1942 HOLCROFT, J 3850655 07/06/1943 HOLDING, EHT 6918753 21/12/1942 HOLLAND, EJ 3864844 04/08/1943 HOLLICK, JA 117961 02/03/1945 HOLLINWORTH, W 3850997 05/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 HOLT, W 3857572 25/07/1943 HOOPER, R 3858377 25/09/1943 HOPE, H 3855855 14/09/1944 HORRABIN, J 3856744 22/07/1943 HORROCKS, JW 3858369 26/10/1943 HOWARD, GH 848025 05/07/1943 HOWARD, WJ 3857309 29/12/1943 HULME, A 4133260 16/11/1944 HUNT, WA 6916720 08/07/1943 HUNTER, HM 156640 24/09/1941 INMAN, VG 6914662 11/07/1943 ISHERWOOD, J 3854855 29/05/1945 JACKSON, E 3856391 14/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 JOHNSON, AT 5773790 05/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 JONES, JE 3857370 25/08/1943 JONES, J 3859262 05/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 KEITCH, RSD 4133401 26/07/1943 KELLY, TA 3856392 13/10/1942 KERSHAW, JH 3858399 14/09/1944 KNIGHT, AE 6915339 07/07/1943 KNOWLES, D 3858366 07/09/1944 LANDER, RSC 6348451 08/10/1942 LATHAM, J 4133212 14/10/1942 LAWSON, AH 75799 05/02/1942 LAWTON, R 6915238 13/06/1943 LEE, S 3859974 13/11/1942 LEE, D 3859268 07/02/1945 LIVER, W 3859160 07/06/1943 LOBB, EB 3859270 12/02/1942 LOMAX, H 3859267 06/05/1943 LONGDEN, W 3857122 05/02/1942 LOYE, RA 6916782 04/07/1943 LUBY, J 3856499 19/08/1945 LUCAS, L 3859111 30/07/1943 LYTHGOE, P 3856528 19/09/1943 MARSHALL, CH 4132113 24/02/1942 MARSON, AE 6969216 02/09/1943 MASSEY, S 4133296 30/05/1943 MASTERS, SF 4133370 14/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 MAYOR, B 3859101 05/02/1942 MCARDLE, A 3859279 06/10/1943 MCCARTHY, R 3856842 08/03/1944 MCFARLAND, DG 3858373 28/10/1943 MCGRATH, PE 3857095 05/02/1942 MCGRORY, J 3315841 24/02/1942 MCGUIRE, T 3310949 14/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 MCGUIRE, JM 3311890 05/10/1943 MCKEON, TP 3855325 02/09/1943 MCLELLAN, GA 3864107 25/02/1945 MCLOUGHLIN, J 3859276 09/06/1943 MEDLAND, TGJ 5770489 12/11/1943 MERRILL, C 3856097 21/09/1944 MILLER, S 3852860 26/08/1943 MILLS, HM 385136 18/09/1946 MORAN, P 3865276 15/02/1942 MORRIS, WCT 3859110 01/01/1944 MORRISON LT 5730242, 13/12/1942 MULLEN, J 3857387 23/11/1943 MUNCASTER, CB 3858370 08/12/1944 NEARY, J 3852936 12/02/1945 NEWTON, J 3857290 12/06/1945 NOLAN, J 4133268 10/05/1942 OGDEN, J 3646201 14/07/1943 OPENSHAW, L 3857263 26/03/1944 PAGE, AJ 6915007 08/12/1943 PALMER, AJ 2058842 30/05/1943 PARKER, J 3859185 31/08/1943 PARKER, WH 3857151 12/09/1944 PARTINGTON, LH 3857135 24/02/1942 PAXTON, J 3859191 25/11/1943 PHILLIPS, J 4133269 31/05/1943 PILLING, JR 3856349 12/02/1943 POLLITT, F 3857265 05/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 POPPLEWELL, RC 4133218 05/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 PRICE, W 3855199 14/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 PRIOR, T 3854144 31/05/1943 RAE, L 3854901 14/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 RANDALL, FJ 63895 10/02/1942 REID, J 3859291 06/10/1943 RICHARDS, WC 4133377 14/08/1943 RICHARDS, TC 4132824 31/08/1943 RICHARDS, HL 6467382 30/07/1943 RIDING, JF 3859184 21/06/1943 RIGBY, FEP 3857160 13/08/1943 RILEY, NH 3855120 05/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 RIVINGTON, JD 3859119 08/07/1944 ROBBINS, E 3856746 10/02/1942 - 11/02/1942 ROBINS, FH 4267806 21/09/1944 ROE, WN 4133219 21/08/1943 ROPER, H 3859292 06/07/1943 ROSCOE, A 3853346 29/11/1944 ROSTRON, H 3855868 27/07/1943 ROTHWELL, R 3856088 10/02/1942 - 11/02/1942 ROWLANDS, AH 4133459 01/07/1943 RUSHTON, A 3855827 24/12/1942 SALTER, A 4133411 09/03/1943 SAUNDERS RH 7599476, 06/08/1943 SCHOFIELD, JV 131357 13.02.1942-14.02.1942 SCHOFIELD, W 3859301 05/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 SCHOFIELD, T 3851687 15/02/1942 SCOTT, HBT 6917533 05/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 SHAW, F 3859315 16/07/1943 SHAW, AE 3859178 29/09/1943 SHEPHERD, R 3855617 14/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 SHORE, RT 4131663 13/09/1943 SIMISTER, JE 4133613 15/02/1942 SKERRETT, J 3859311 02/06/1943 SLATER, WJ 3859158 21/08/1945 SMALL, J 3855291 30/07/1943 SMEDLEY, W 3857366 26/06/1943 SMETHURST, J 3857243 15/10/1943 SMITH, H 3865430 30/05/1943 SMITH, F 4133301 12/02/1942 SMITH, J 3859296 14/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 SMITH, RW 6917998 29/07/1945 SMITH, FE 4133560 04/08/1943 SMITH W 5945931, 14-15/02/1942 SNEDDON, T 3129125 13/09/1944 SOUTHERIN, GW 3858393 21/08/1944 SPALDING, HN 3859313 16/07/1943 SPENCE, F 3858378 11/08/1945 SPENCER, H 3859303 05/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 STAFFORD, J 3856410 13/01/1945 STAINBANK, C 3857244 15/02/1942 STANIFORTH, E 4132871 10/03/1945 STEELE, HAT 3857294 21/09/1944 STEVENSON, NS 3859106 28/12/1943 STEWART, WD 5051068 06/12/1942 STRELLEY, CDS 184650 26/06/1944 STRETCH, J 3856747 12/10/1943 STUBBS, RL 5950934 05/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 SUTTON, R 771763 10/12/1942 SWINDELLS, FG 117962 06/07/1944 TAYLOR, JM 3859321 01/06/1945 TAYLOR, J 3865206 08/05/1943 TAYLOR, H 4133274 16/12/1943 TETLEY, S 3859173 06/05/1945 THOMAS, JD 3854922 14/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 THOMPSON, FL 3859129 20/02/1945 THORNLEY, W 3859172 15/06/1943 THORPE, J 3854145 17/08/1943 TONG, R 3856038 06/06/1943 TURNER, A 3858396 11/06/1943 TURNER, JA 3857270 18/01/1944 TWATT, J 2932522 11/07/1943 TYRER, E 828192 05/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 WADESON, A 3522224 24/07/1943 WALKER, P 3856809 26/05/1943 WALLACE, AH 3857375 04/06/1943 WALLWORK, A 3859340 06/08/1945 WEBSTER, J 3859335 08/08/1943 WELLS, DC 6346652 20/07/1943 WEST, F 3855885 03/08/1943 WHITE, AA 3533216 22/08/1943 WHITTLE, F 3857142 23/08/1943 WILKINSON, J 3859154 07/02/1945 WINCHESTER, FH 3859174 11/04/1945 WOLFENDALE, J 3856128 26/06/1943 WOLFENDEN, J 3864610 28/06/1945 WOOD, JW 3859333 28/05/1943 WOODS, A 3855327 11/11/1943 WOODS, AJ 3902746 05/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 WOOLFORD, FJ 6914757 16/08/1943 WORDEN, R 3856874 30/06/1943 WORRALL, T 3864838 14/02/1942 - 15/02/1942 WRIGHT, RH 3856820 02/06/1943 WYSE, JM 137215 10/02/1942 - 11/02/1942 [293] If this list is not complete please let me know. For greater detail go to this thread http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/recce/26473-18th-5th-bn-loyal-regt-reconnaissance-corps-roll-honour.html Cheers Paul
Paul, Thanks for that. All in the bag following the fall of Singapore and there was great interest in Lancashire from the relatives of those taken prisoner, when the camps were liberated. I remember the cemetery was extremely well kept considering the conditions. Regards Tom
Tom, Do you have a photo of any of the unidentified graves in Kanchanaburi? I am researching a man who died there, and may be in one of these graves. Michael
Could anyone help with pics of Headstones from the following cemeteries? CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY Thailand 18th Regt Reconnaissance Corps Trooper ABRAHAM AARON 7. F. 2. Trooper ALBERT ALLEN 4. F. 4. Trooper FREDERICK BAILEY 6. D. 12. Lance Corporal CECIL BRACEGIRDLE 8. N. 2. Trooper JOHN DEARDEN 1. M. 6. Trooper RONALD HOOPER 1. M. 10 Trooper VICTOR GEORGE INMAN 4. H. 7 Corporal RALPH McCARTHY 2. C. 1. Trooper JAMES REID 2. H. 5 Trooper ARNOLD RUSHTON 12. D. 10 Trooper ROBERT SUTTON 12. B. 1. KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY Thailand 18th Regt Reconnaissance Corps Trooper FREDERICK BARNES 2. G. 19 Trooper CYRIL BENNETT 6. F. 8. Lance Corporal EDWARDS BIRCHALL Sp. Mem. 9. M. 4. Trooper WILLIAM BOOTH 8. K. 27. Lance Serjeant JACK BOURN 8. A. 63 Trooper ARTEIUR PERCIVAL VICTOR BRENCHLEY 6. D. 73 Serjeant LEONARD JOHN CALVER Sp. Mem. 9. M. 4. Trooper CHARLES CAMPBELL 6. F. 56. Trooper JOSEPH CHECKETTS 6. A. 21 Trooper ALFRED CHEESEBOROUGH Coll. grave. 10. F. 2-10. L. 4. Trooper JOSEPH COOKE 8. D. 36. Serjeant JOHN DOOTSON 6. F. 16. Trooper DOUGLAS EMMOTT 8. A. 45 Lance Corporal GRAHAM FOSTER 2. A. 65 Trooper WALTER WILLIAM GEARY 8. C. 50 Trooper ALFRED CHARLES GEORGE GIBBONS 6. F. 58. Trooper WILLIAM GILLIVER 2. O. 56 Trooper EDWIN GREGORY 6. A. 45 Private THOMAS GROOM 6. D. 50. Corporal LESLIE HALLETT 2. D. 1. Corporal JOHN HAYSTON 8. H. 58. Trooper HAROLD HICKEY 6. A. 48 Lieutenant BERNARD LESLIE HILL 9. M. 9 Trooper ERNEST HENRY THOMAS HOLDING 8. C. 24 Trooper WILLIAM HOLT 6. A. 50. Corporal DONALD KNOWLES Coll. grave 3. E. 2-20 Trooper WILLIAM LIVER Sp. Mem. 9. M. 4. Lance Corporal ROBERT ARTHUR LOYE 8. B. 31. Trooper JOHN LUBY 6. D. 62. Trooper JOHN McLOUGHLIN 2. J. 3. Trooper CHARLES BENJAMIN MUNCASTER Coll. grave 5. A. 1-47 Trooper JOHN NEWTON 6. E. 20. Trooper JONATHAN OGDEN 4. G. 28. Trooper ALFRED JOSEPH PALMER Sp. Mem. 9. M. 4. Trooper HARRY LEONARD RICHARDS 6. G. 74 Trooper JOHN FRANCIS RIDING 6. A. 78. Trooper ALBERT HEWITT ROWLANDS 8. F. 70 Trooper ARTHUR SALTER 8. C. 38 Private RONALD HENRY SAUNDERS 8. G. 51. Corporal FRANK SHAW 4. G. 36. Lance Corporal ROBERT WILLIAM SMITH 6. E. 57 Trooper FRANK EDWARD SMITH Sp. Mem. 9. M. 4. Trooper HAROLD NORMAN SPALDING 8. G. 22 Trooper NORMAN SULLIVAN STEVENSON 2. D. 12 Trooper WILLIAM DOUGLAS STEWART 8. C. 17 Trooper JOHN STRETCH 2. O. 5. Trooper JAMES MORRIS TAYLOR 6. E. 9 Trooper ROBERT TONG Sp. Mem. 9. M. 4. Trooper JAMES TWATT 8. B. 20 Trooper DENNIS CHARLES WELLS 2. N. 23 Lance Corporal JOSEPH WOLFENDALE Joint grave 6. F. 68-69. Trooper JAMES WOLFENDEN 6. E. 34. Trooper FREDERICK JOHN WOOLFORD 2. F. 15 Trooper RICHARD HENRY WRIGHT Sp. Mem. 9. M. 4. Cheers Paul
Paul, No Problem. Only wish I was a WW2 forum member back then, as I would have taken them all for posterity. I just regret not taking more at the time. Regards Tom
Tom, I wish I had had an interest 30 yrs ago when I was in England and Germany. I only became more interested talking to Dad when Mum died. Cheers Paul
Paul, Thats what I admire about those veterans and the veterans decendants who have documented the military service for posterity before it was too late. I am afraid that I was one of those who failed to ask questions at a time that would have enabled a good documentation to be put together. Having said that, my father never really liked talking about his experiences and mainly shut them away. Regards Tom
What exactly were "recce troopers", and what were they doing in Thailand? I know this is slightly off topic, but unfortunately I haven't really heard much about them.
Recce Troopers are members of the Reconnaissance Corps a war raised force. You can read more on this forum under http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/recce/ The majority of Recce buried in Thailand were POWs captured by the Japanese at Singapore in 1942. See the ROH earlier in this thread Cheers Paul
Kanchanaburi a place my late mother wanted to visit when my father retired. sadly neither of them made it to retirement. I will when I fully retire visit the War cemetery. My uncle has no grave at Kanchaburi along with others on the orders of the British MO cremated. Listed on the Gordon Highlanders memorial. BYDAND (Forever)
Wills, Sorry to see that your Uncle has no known grave. Cremation was ordered in all cases of contagious diseases, which were many, otherwise all the camps occupants would have perished. Regards Tom
Yes contagious disease: Kanchanaburi memorial Robert. Easton Duthie Serjeant 2876457 2nd Bn Gordon Highlanders 5 June 1943 Aged 24 Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Easton Duthie of Glenbervie Kincardinshire, Scotland Much loved brother of; Mary,Jean and Ruby Easton Duthie.
All Complete. Thank you to all those who have given their time and effort to assist me in my project. Cheers Paul
I have established that one of my uncles died in a flying accident flying out of RAF Halfpenny Green, Bobbington, Staffordshire. This occured on the Brown Clee Hills on the 28 April 1943. The aircraft involved was Avro Anson Mk I NE5379 There is a small monument to the 27 airmen who died on the Brown Clee Hills which I have visited and of which I have some photos (if they are of interest to anyone). I've also visited RAF Halfpenny Green (or Wolverhampton Airport as it is now) and would be interested to see any photographs etc. that anyone has of the airfield during the war. If anyone else knows anything about any of the above and has got any other information I would really be interested.
